Title: Factors affecting the distribution patterns of benthic invertebrates at a major shorebird staging site in the Yellow Sea, China

Journal: Wetlands

Authors: Chi-Yeung Choi, Phil F. Battley, Murray A. Potter, Zhijun Ma and Wenliang liu

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Appendix 2. Indicator species analysis of benthic taxa for the five groups partitioned through K-means partition of sampling stations throughout the study. Column ‘A’ represents the probability that the surveyed station belongs to the target station group given the fact that the species has been found. Column ‘B’ represents the probability of finding the species in stations belonging to the station group.

Taxa / Group / p-value (Holm-corrected) / A / B
Young Mactra veneriformis / 1 / 0.0517 / 0.56 / 0.24
Nephtys caeca / 1 / 0.5535 / 0.3 / 0.54
Macrophthalmus japonicus / 1 / 1
Perioculodes meridichinensis / 1 / 1
Nihonotrypaea japonica / 1 / 1
Moerella iridescens / 1 / 1
Adult Mactra veneriformis / 1 / 1
Amphipoda / 1 / 1
Bullacta exarata / 1 / 1
Orchestia sp. / 1 / 1
Haustoriidae / 1 / 1
Macrophthalmus abbreviatus / 1 / 1
Young Potamocorbula laevis / 2 / 0.0052 / 0.9 / 1
Phoxocephalus sp. / 2 / 0.3312 / 0.47 / 0.19
Ogyrides orientalis / 2 / 1 / 1 / 0.04
Ruditapes philippinarum / 2 / 1
Lumbrineridae / 2 / 1
Glycera chirori / 2 / 1
Laternula sp. / 2 / 1
Actiniaria / 2 / 1
Lingula sp. / 2 / 1
Chaetognatha / 2 / 1
Opheliidae / 2 / 1
Cumacea / 2 / 1
Goniadidae / 2 / 1
Nemertea / 2 / 1
Annelida Polychaeta / 3 / 0.0052 / 0.52 / 1
Ilyoplax sp. / 3 / 0.0336 / 1 / 0.07
Mollusca Bivalvia / 3 / 1 / 0.88 / 0.05
Hemileucon hinumensis / 3 / 1
Hemigrapsus sp. / 3 / 1
Metaplax longipes / 3 / 1
Retusa cecillii / 3 / 1
Eocylichna braunsi / 3 / 1
Heterocumasp. / 3 / 1
Decapoda / 3 / 1
Echinodermata Holothuroidea / 3 / 1
Philyra pisum / 3 / 1
Adult Potamocorbula laevis / 4 / 0.0052 / 0.91 / 1
Meretrix meretrix / 4 / 1 / 0.71 / 0.1
Nereididae / 4 / 1
Diopatra bilobata / 4 / 1
Tritodynamia horvathi / 4 / 1
Odicerotidae / 4 / 1
Nassarius variciferus / 4 / 1
Mollusca Gastropoda / 4 / 1
Capitellidae or Maldanidae / 5 / 0.0052 / 0.56 / 1
Spionidae / 5 / 1
Stenothyra glabar / 5 / 1
Sinonovacula constricta / 5 / 1
Diastylis tricincta / 5 / 1
Veneridae / 5 / 1