Research Article

Assessment of Longitudinal Gradients in Nematode Communities in the Deep Northern Gulf of Mexico and Concordance with Benthic Taxa

Table 5

SIMPER (Similarity Percentages) analysis of nematode feeding groups at GOM eastern and western transects (1A nonselective deposit feeders; 1B selective deposit feeder; 2A epigrowth feeders; 2B omniovores and predators).

Groups West and EastAverage dissimilarity = 16.08

Feeding groupGroup West
Av.Abund
Group East
Av.Abund
Contrib%

2A1.922.2136.68
1B2.853.529.83
1A2.672.9219.29
2B2.242.4514.2