Figure 9

Taxonomic composition of benthic habitats at the phylum level in shown: (a) the relative contribution of species richness and (b) the total abundance of different groups. MAF of E. antarctica on rocky bottoms corresponds to habitat one and that rocky habitat structured by C. variopedatus to habitat two; rocky non-biogenic habitats correspond to habitats three and four, mixed sandy-rocky bottoms to habitats five and soft bottoms with gravel and pebbles to habitats six and seven. Sample sizes were different for each habitat (N_Hab1 = 12, N_Hab2 = 3, N_Hab3 = 29, N_Hab4 = 25, N_Hab5 = 18, N_Hab6 = 8, N_Hab7 = 11).