Pennatula 



Cerianthus 



Bolocera 



Pandalids 



Placopecten 



Asteroids 



Ophiuroids 



Silver Hake 



S 



C5 





o 



15 



54 



CO 



2 



& 



CO 



c 

 c? 





to 



CO 



to 

 c? 





I 



69 



63 



72 



12 



<1 



89 26 35 73 «1 



20 



to 



£ £ 



Figure 3. Occurrence of dominant macrobenthic groups broken out by 

 substrate type. Any taxon that accounted for >5% of all organisms 

 counted in any of the substrate catagories was included in the figure. 



Table 1 . Breakdown of the major groups of benthic organisms, expressed 

 as % number of total organisms observed, for each of the three years of 

 the survey. These seven groups account for 97 to 99 % of all macro- 

 benthic animals observed in any given year. 



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