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<strong>State</strong> <strong>of</strong> Saldanha <strong>Bay</strong> & Langebaan Lagoon <strong>2011</strong><br />

Intertidal invertebrates<br />

Abundance (no/0.5m 2 )<br />

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140<br />

Dive School<br />

Jetty<br />

Schaapen East<br />

Schaapen West<br />

Iron Ore Jetty<br />

Lynch Point<br />

North <strong>Bay</strong><br />

Marcus Island<br />

HIGH SHORE<br />

Scutellastra granularis<br />

Siphonaria serrata<br />

Afrolittorina knysnaensis<br />

Oxystele variegata<br />

Dive School<br />

Jetty<br />

Schaapen East<br />

Schaapen West<br />

Iron Ore Jetty<br />

Lynch Point<br />

North <strong>Bay</strong><br />

Marcus Island<br />

0 10 20 30 40 50<br />

MID SHORE<br />

Scutellastra granularis<br />

Cymbula granatina<br />

Siphonaria serrata<br />

Fissurella mutabilis<br />

Afrolittorina knysnaensis<br />

Oxystele variegata<br />

Oxystele tigrina<br />

Burnupena spp.<br />

0 10 20 30 40 50<br />

Dive School<br />

Jetty<br />

Schaapen East<br />

Schaapen …<br />

Iron Ore Jetty<br />

Lynch Point<br />

North <strong>Bay</strong><br />

Marcus Island<br />

LOW SHORE<br />

Scutellastra granularis<br />

Scutellastra cochlear<br />

Cymbula granatina<br />

Siphonaria serrata<br />

Fissurella mutabilis<br />

Oxystele variegata<br />

Oxystele tigrina<br />

Figure 8.9.<br />

Mean abundance (number/0.5 m 2 ) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most common mobile species at <strong>the</strong> eight rocky<br />

shores in <strong>2011</strong>. Sites are sorted from top to bottom according to increasing wave exposure.<br />

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