| Table 8. Summary of benthic community characteristics in each of the geographical regions of Long Island Sound surveyed by Pellegrino and Hubbard (1983). B, bivalve; P, polychaete; A, arthropod. The number of species is the total number of species indentified in the region and the number of individuals in the mean abundance per 0.04 m2 sample. | ||||
| Region | No.Stations Sampled | Predominant Sediment type | # Species | Dominant Species |
| # individuals | ||||
| I: Greenwich - Stamford | 9 | mud (77.8%) | 33 | Mulinia lateralis (B) |
| 56 | Nucula annulata (B) | |||
| Pectinaria gouldii (P) | ||||
| II: Stamford - Norwalk | 26 | mud (69.2%) | 24 | Nucula annulata |
| 114.2 | Mulinia lateralis | |||
| Pectinaria goudii | ||||
| III: Norwalk - Bridgeport | 52 | mud (42.2%) | 125 | Mulinia lateralis |
| sandy-mud (25%) | 137.2 | Nucula annulata | ||
| Pitar morhuanna (B) | ||||
| IV: Bridgeport - Milford | 41 | mud (70.7%) | 103 | Mulinia lateralis |
| 152.1 | Nucula annulata | |||
| Nephtys incisa (P) | ||||
| V: Milford - New Haven | 58 | mud (65.5%) | 120 | Mulinia lateralis |
| sandy-gravel (13.8%) | 166.7 | Nucula annulata | ||
| Nephtys incisa | ||||
| VI: New Haven - Guilford | 80 | mud (70.0%) | 132 | Nucula annulata |
| sandy-mud (12.5%) | 152.1 | Mulinia lateralis | ||
| Nephtys incisa | ||||
| VII: Guilford - Madison | 53 | sand & muddy sand (62.2%) | 134 | Clymenella zonalis (P) |
| 293 | Asabellides oculatus (P) | |||
| Spiophanes bombyx (P) | ||||
| VIII: Madison - Old Saybrook | 39 | sand, sandy-shell (66.7%) | 138 | Protohaustorius wigleyi (A) |
| 78 | Tellina agilis (B) | |||
| Acanthohaustorius millsi (A) | ||||
| IX: Old Saybrook - New London | 41 | sandy gravel | 200 | Aeginina longicornis (A) |
| sandy shell (58.6%) | 178.3 | Cirratulis grandis (P) | ||
| Ampharete artica (P) | ||||
| X: New London - Stonington | 14 | mud, sandy mud | 167 | Ampelisca abdita (A) |
| sand | 432.6 | Aricidia jefferysii (P) | ||
| Clymenella zonalis (P) | ||||