Table 3 Average values (± standard deviation) and range (values in brackets) of measured parameters of parasite infracommunities found in E. spinax, G. melastomus, and S. canicula from the Gulf of Naples.

From: Drivers of parasite communities in three sympatric benthic sharks in the Gulf of Naples (central Mediterranean Sea)

 

E. spinax

n = 39

G. melastomus

n = 91

S. canicula

n = 102

Total mean abundance

 5.538 ± 3.768

(0–27)

 182.901 ± 111.251

(1–1421)

32.607 ± 18.029

(0–188)

Species richness

1.25 ± 0.508

(1–3)

1.274 ± 0.517

(1–3)

1.546 ± 0.629

(1–3)

Berger-Parker

0.951 ± 0.102

(0.667–1)

0.994 ± 0.036

(0.656–1)

0.958 ± 0.071

(0.6–1)

Brillouin index

0.076 ± 0.154

(0.231–0.567)

0.017 ± 0.072

(0.014–0.667)

0.103 ± 0.141

(0.037–0.481)

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