Below is the compiled data from our sampling of False
Bay. This included both sieving of sediment and conducting transects
of the areas. For more information on our sampling, go to the Methods
page. This list can help you get an idea of where in False Bay certain
organisms are found.
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| Polychaetes | |||||||||||||
| Maldanidae | Subsurface-Deposit |
76
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10
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2
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88
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48.4%
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26
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33.3%
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| Terebellidae | Surface-Deposit |
24
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30.8%
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| Aberenicola | Subsurface-Deposit |
0
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5
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23.8%
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| Glyceridae | Carnivorous |
1
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1
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0.5%
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1
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1.3%
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6
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28.6%
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| Lumbrinereidae | Herbivore/Omnivore |
4
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1
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1
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5
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11
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6.0%
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1
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1.3%
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11
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17.7%
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3
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14.3%
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| Nereidae | Herbivore/Omnivore |
3
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3
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1.6%
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R
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2
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3.2%
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| Onuphidae | Herbivore/Omnivore |
1
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1
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0.5%
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1
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1.3%
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| Orbinidae | Herbivore/Omnivore |
2
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2
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1.1%
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2
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2.6%
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1
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1.6%
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| Phylodocidae | Carnivorous |
0
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1
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4.8%
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| Chaetopterid | Suspension with mucous filter |
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| Nephytidae | Carnivorous |
R
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| Hesionidae | Herbivore/Omnivore |
2
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2
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1.1%
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2
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2.6%
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| Paranemertes peregrina | Carnivorous |
1
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1
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2
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1.1%
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| Pantinomenertes californiensis | Carnivorous |
0
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R
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| Amphiporous formidabilis | Carnivorous |
0
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1
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1.3%
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| Tubulanus polymorphus | Carnivorous |
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| Leptosynapta | subsurface deposit |
9
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5
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26
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40
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22.0%
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10
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12.8%
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8
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12.9%
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| Macoma inquinata | Filter |
3
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2
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5
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2.7%
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1
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1.3%
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19
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30.6%
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1
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4.8%
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| Macoma nasuta | Filter |
1
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1
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0.5%
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1
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1.3%
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9
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14.5%
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4
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19.0%
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| Unknown clam | Filter |
0
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2
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3.2%
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| Clinocardium?(cockle) | Filter |
0
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1
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1.3%
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| Tiny Striped Snail | Surface deposit |
0
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R
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| Tiny Bivalves | Filter |
2
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2
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1.1%
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1
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1.3%
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| Grandifoxus grandus | Omniverous |
14
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8
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2
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24
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13.2%
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4
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5.1%
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4
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6.5%
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1
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4.8%
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| Ghost shrimp | Filter |
0
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2
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3.2%
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| Upogebia | Filter |
0
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3
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4.8%
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| Isopoda | Herbivore |
0
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1
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1.6%
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| Hermit Crabs | Omniverous |
R
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R
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| tube crabs | suspension |
2
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2.6%
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| Totals |
93
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32
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37
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20
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182
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78
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62
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21
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| Transects | |||||||||||||
| Transect# | Chaetopterid #1 | #2 | Maldanid #1 | #2 | |||||||||
| Chaetopterids |
2
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2
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0
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2
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| Maldanids |
37
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1
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25
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25
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| Small Holes (Leptosynapta?) |
290
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104
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79
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80
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| Transect# | Aberenicola only#1 | #2 | Everything #1 | #2 | |||||||||
| Aberenicola |
41
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43
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44
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58
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| Clams? |
83
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56
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| other |
2
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2
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