Table 1. Number of individuals attached to plates (mean and 

 standard deviation for three replicates), after a 48 day 

 deployment on Cross Seamount 



Plate treatment Foraminifers Metazoans 2 



inds/452 cm 2 inds/452 cm 2 



Thick-elevated 294 (150) 3.6 (3.5) 



Mn-thick-elevated 182 ( 22) 6.3 (2.1) 



Thin-elevated 146 (13) 5.7 (4.7) 



Thick benthic 121 ( 12) 5.0 (4.0) 



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