Table 7 Output of SIMPER analyses obtained from abundance species data. In bold the most representative taxa for similarity within each group (MYT, SAL, REF sites)

Taxa

Av. Ab

Av. Sim

Sim/SD

Cont %

Cum %

Chaetozone sp.

1.54

3.2

0.86

13.94

13.94

Lumbrineris sp.

1.18

2.97

1.13

12.95

26.88

Nematoda

1.31

1.93

0.55

8.41

35.3

Amphipoda

0.83

1.41

0.55

6.14

41.44

Glycera sp.

0.78

1.21

0.53

5.27

46.71

Ninoe sp.

0.7

1.13

0.57

4.92

51.63

Prionospio sp.

0.82

0.92

0.39

4

55.63

Bivalvia

0.61

0.87

0.39

3.81

59.44

Paraonidae

0.69

0.67

0.33

2.92

62.35

Ampharetidae

0.65

0.61

0.3

2.64

64.99

Taxa

Av. Ab

Av. Sim

Sim/SD

Cont %

Cum %

Chaetozone sp.

1.06

1.83

0.61

9.18

9.18

Cirratulidae

0.99

1.8

0.43

9.02

18.19

Bivalvia

0.84

1.58

0.62

7.95

26.14

Nematoda

0.86

1.1

0.49

5.5

31.64

Amphipoda

0.64

0.99

0.45

4.96

36.61

Ninoe sp.

0.58

0.9

0.46

4.52

41.12

Paraonidae

0.6

0.89

0.37

4.48

45.6

Sipunculidea

0.55

0.77

0.37

3.86

49.46

Ampharetidae

0.54

0.63

0.35

3.14

52.6

Lumbrineris sp.

0.46

0.59

0.36

2.97

55.56

Taxa

Av. Ab

Av. Sim

Sim/SD

Cont %

Cum %

Bivalvia

1.82

5.48

2.02

15.56

15.56

Lumbrineris sp.

1.08

2.73

1.15

7.76

23.32

Nematoda

1.42

2.66

0.86

7.54

30.86

Ostracoda

1.32

2.64

0.89

7.49

38.36

Chaetozone sp.

1.31

2.51

0.84

7.12

45.47

Amphipoda

1.11

2.4

0.89

6.8

52.28

Ninoe sp.

1.04

1.99

0.96

5.66

57.93

Nephtys sp.

0.76

1.47

0.59

4.18

62.12

Prionospio sp.

1.09

1.42

0.55

4.03

66.14

Glycera sp.

0.78

1.26

0.45

3.56

69.71