Research Article
Plankton Resting Stages in the Marine Sediments of the Bay of Vlorë (Albania)
Table 4
Results of SIMPER analysis for resting stages from surface sediments at stations 40 and 45 in Bay of Vlorë.
| Taxa | Av. Abund | Av. Sim | Sim/SD | Contrib% | Cum.% |
| Station 40 | Average similarity: 56.81 |
| Scrippsiella trochoidea medium type | 119.92 | 21.61 | 7.45 | 38.05 | 38.05 | Scrippsiella trochoidea small type | 67.73 | 15.81 | 6.14 | 27.83 | 65.87 | Scrippsiella trochoidea rough type | 35.13 | 6.44 | 2.78 | 11.34 | 77.21 | Pentapharsodinium tyrrhenicum type 1 | 27.33 | 5.18 | 8.96 | 9.13 | 86.34 | Calciodinellum albatrosianum | 24.53 | 4.94 | 7.24 | 8.69 | 95.03 |
| Station 45 | Average similarity: 40.37 |
| Scrippsiella trochoidea medium type | 174.21 | 40.03 | 5.87 | 99.16 | 99.16 |
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Stations 40 and 45 Average dissimilarity = 58.20.
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