Table 2 Macrobenthic food uptake

From: Offshore wind farms modify coastal food web dynamics by enhancing suspension feeder pathways

Food web

Food item

Sublocation

Mean flow ± SD

95% CI

Coarse

Phytoplankton

 

6.77 ± 0.67

6.75–6.78

Zooplankton

1.50 ± 0.18

1.49–1.5

SPOM

1.01 ± 0.15

1.01–1.01

SOM

22.90 ± 1.29

22.88–22.93

Benthos

5.53 ± 0.43

5.52–5.54

Fine

Phytoplankton

 

79.40 ± 4.16

79.31–79.47

Zooplankton

37.22 ± 1.59

37.18–37.24

SPOM

37.70 ± 2.60

37.65–37.75

SOM

55.42 ± 6.03

55.30–55.54

Benthos

26.59 ± 3.25

26.52–26.64

OWF

Phytoplankton

Turbine

2.37 ± 0.02

2.37–2.37

Zooplankton

0.97 ± 0.01

0.97–0.97

SPOM

0.74 ± 0.02

0.74–0.74

SOM

1.70 ± 0.03

1.70–1.70

Benthos

1.05 ± 0.04

1.04–1.05

Phytoplankton

Soft sediment

8.17 ± 0.03

8.17–8.17

Zooplankton

1.18 ± 0.03

1.18–1.18

SPOM

1.51 ± 0.01

1.51–1.51

SOM

12.61 ± 0.04

12.61–12.61

Benthos

1.5 ± 0.04

1.50–1.50

Phytoplankton

Ubiquitous

1.01 ± 0.04

1.01–1.01

Zooplankton

0 ± 0

0–0

SPOM

0 ± 0

0–0

SOM

1.78 ± 0.03

1.77–1.78

Benthos

2.39 ± 0.07

2.39–2.39

Phytoplankton

Total

11.55 ± 0

11.55–11.55

Zooplankton

2.15 ± 0

2.15–2.15

SPOM

2.25 ± 0

2.25–2.25

SOM

16.09 ± 0

16.09–16.09

Benthos

4.94 ± 0

4.94–4.94

  1. Total uptake of different food items by macrobenthos in the different food webs (mmol C m−2 d−1, mean ± SD).