Figure 8: Species identified to the lowest taxa possible
and their abundance at each site. Feeding mode and lifestyle was determined from
morphology and literature (Particularly using the GBRI Website (2020). Predators/scavengers includes herbivores,
omnivores, predators and detritivores which actively select food items. Filter
feeders includes all suspension feeders which pump water to capture food suspended
in the water column. Lifestyle class definitions are; sessile: unable to relocate
on the benthos as an adult, sedentary: able to move but generally choosing to
remain in a small area, particularly burrowing and tube-building organisms and
errant: organisms which frequently move around the benthos.
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