Table 3-5 



Summary of Totals of Species and Individuals Among Major Taxa 

 Collected at Western Long Island Sound Disposal Site, August 1986 



CENTER 



REFERENCE 



Species/station 

 Total species 



55 



47 



68 



Species Per Station By Taxa 





Number 



% 





Polychaeta 



28 



50. 



.9 



Mollusca 



14 



25. 



.4 



Crustacea 



7 



12. 



,7 



Other 



6 



10. 



.9 



Number 



% 



19 



40.4 



12 



25.5 



10 



21.3 



6 



12.7 



Individuals/ 

 sample 1493 



1790 



Mean individuals/ 

 station 1421 



979 



499 



766 



584 



487 





Mean 





Number 



Polychaeta 



1264 



Mollusca 



96.3 



Crustacea 



32 



Other 



29 



Individuals Per Station By Taxa 



Mean 



% Number % 



89.0 296 54.0 



6.7 260 44.5 



2.2 13.6 2.3 



2.0 14.3 2.4 



