Table 9. Effect of experimental burial on benthic fauna-^ 



Fauna 



Buried enclosure 

 Cn = 7) 



Control 

 (n = 10) 



Crustaceans and mollusks 



Nc 

 S 







 





153 



24 



Worms 



Nc 

 S 





63 



20 





125 

 60 



Nematodes 

 Nc 

 S 





25 



NA2 





3 



NA 



Mediomastus aalifomi-ensis 

 Nc 





12 





7 



Pvionospio civvlfeva 

 Nc 





11 





52 



Nothvia elegans 

 Nc 





9 





5 



Gyptis brevipalpa 

 Nc 





4 





2 



Notomastus tenuis 

 Nc 





1 





1 



■^Average number of individuals per 0.018-square meter 

 core (Nc) and total number of species (S) are given 

 for the enclosure buried August 1972 and for the 

 nearby unburied control area. 



^Not available. 



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