Table 4 Macrozoobenthos community metrics in the intertidal zones of both Islands in summer*.

From: Assessing the ecological risk and its driving forces on Islands using the Pressure-State-Response model

 

Macrozoobenthos abundance (ind./m2)

Biomass

(g/m2)

Shannon–Wiener diversity index

Margalef richness index

Pielou evenness index

North Changshan Island

A1

96.00

25.64

1.34

1.10

0.75

A2

47.80

10.32

0.87

0.52

0.79

Miao Island

/

407.52

304.03

0.29

0.33

0.26

  1. *Due to extreme tidal constraints and homogeneous substrate conditions within the narrow intertidal zone, all reported values represent single measurements per station.
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