Plankton Resting Stages in the Marine Sediments of the Bay of Vlorë (Albania)

Table 3

Abundance and diversity indices calculated for resting stages in surface sediments at two stations investigated in Bay of Vlorë.

	Abundance; cysts g^−1 dw	Total density; cysts g^−1 dw	𝑆	𝑑	𝐻^′	𝐽^′
Station 40	389±127	1167	18±2.7	2.9±0.3	2.2±0.1	0.7±0.1
Station 45	329±123	987	11±4.4	1.8±0.9	0.5±0.2	0.5±0.2

Abundance: average ± standard deviation from three replicates. Total density: sum of cyst abundances observed in three replicates from each station. 𝑆: number of taxa identified (average ± standard deviation). 𝑑: Margalef diversity index. 𝐻^′: Shannon diversity index. 𝐽^′: Pielou’s evenness index.