Demersal Assemblages on the Soft Bottoms off the Catalan-Levante Coast of the Spanish Mediterranean

Table 2

Characteristics of the identified groups; number of hauls considered in each group (𝑁), mean similarity values of each group, and mean dissimilarity values between groups. Data from MEDITS surveys series 2007–2010.

Group	1	2	3	4	5
𝑁	33	79	58	42	43
Similarity	29.99	36.49	35.99	35.23	40.58
Dissimilarity
1	—
2	74.52	—
3	79.87	73.35	—
4	92.24	91.76	81.61	—
5	98.22	98.42	95.83	85.35	—