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Table 1 Examples of irrigation rate of Nereis virens, N. diversicolor and Arenicola marina. Results are presented both as individual rates [(g worm) h-1] and as population rates (m2 d-1). The abbreviations (ns) and (s) indicate non-suspension-feeding and suspension-feeding N. diversicolor.[9,28]

From: Impact of polychaetes (Nereis spp. and Arenicola marina) on carbon biogeochemistry in coastal marine sediments†

  

Irrigation

 

Species

Density/m-2

Individual/ml g-1 h-1

Population/1 m-2 d-1

N. virens

600

21–62

60–180

N. diversicolor (ns)

600

200–250

580–720

N. diversicolor (s)

600

450–500

2600–2900

A. marina

50

10–13

120–160