Research Article

Hydrodynamic Conditions Effects on Soft-Bottom Subtidal Nearshore Benthic Community Structure and Distribution

Table 3

Grain size (%), organic matter content (%) and the Sorting Index for each station during the different campaigns along the Anglet coast and within the Saint Jean de Luz and the Hendaye Bays. The standard deviation is calculated for each sedimentary parameter in each station during the eight sampling campaigns.

Anglet coastSaint Jean de Luz BayHendaye Bay
A12A13A14N5N6N7B10B11B12

S&C (%)1.9 ± 1.21.8 ± 1.52.5 ± 1.95.3 ± 4.529.2 ± 6.821.3 ± 13.46.7 ± 6.822.4 ± 12.96.5 ± 2.9
VFS (%)2.4 ± 2.85.1 ± 5.04.7 ± 3.27.6 ± 17.453.7 ± 10.345.7 ± 9.222.4 ± 15.429.7 ± 6.043.7 ± 16.7
FS (%)40.5 ± 14.259.8 ± 13.565.8 ± 15.512.7 ± 7.112.6 ± 6.226.8 ± 11.249.4 ± 11.540.2 ± 12.139.2 ± 18.0
MS (%)33.1 ± 14.329.2 ± 16.724.0 ± 16.841.1 ± 16.83.1 ± 4.02.5 ± 2.218.7 ± 11.46.0 ± 1.97.9 ± 4.6
CS (%)6.8 ± 3.73.1 ± 2.22.1 ± 2.630.0 ± 14.70.9 ± 0.52.2 ± 3.42.4 ± 1.20.9 ± 0.41.2 ± 1.1
VCS (%)3.8 ± 5.80.6 ± 0.60.5 ± 0.83.1 ± 4.20.3 ± 0.21.0 ± 1.30.3 ± 0.20.2 ± 0.10.5 ± 0.3
G (%)11.5 ± 20.90.6 ± 1.20.5 ± 0.90.2 ± 0.20.2 ± 0.20.5 ± 0.40.1 ± 0.20.6 ± 1.41.0 ± 1.0

OM (%)0.5 ± 0.10.7 ± 0.30.7 ± 0.32.3 ± 0.33.6 ± 0.62.5 ± 1.01.4 ± 0.43.4 ± 1.61.4 ± 0.4

So (−)2.0 ± 0.81.4 ± 0.11.3 ± 0.11.5 ± 0.11.6 ± 0.21.6 ± 0.21.4 ± 0.11.7 ± 0.31.4 ± 0.1