Table 2. Substrate preference of common mega-epif aunal invertebrates 

 and fish species on Nehalem Bank off the northern Oregon coast. 

 Occurrence of fish species identified from the vent field. 



Species SUBSTRATE 



All Mud nr. Rock nr. All 

 mud rock mud rock 



INVERTEBRATES 

 Psolus chitonoides 



X X 



X X 



X 

 X 



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