Timsah Lake (Station I)
Basic information
Sample name: Timsah Lake (Station I)

Reference: A. A. M. Belal, M. A. El-Sawy, and M. A. Dar. 2016. The effect of water quality on the distribution of macro-benthic fauna in Western Lagoon and Timsah Lake, Egypt. I. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research 42(4):437-448 [ER 3055]
Geography
Country: Egypt

Coordinate: 31° 34' N, 32° 18' E
Latlng basis: estimated from map

Geography comments: "at the midpoint of Suez Canal at 80 km south of Port Said with surface area of 15 km2"
latitude is incorrectly given as 33ยบ 34' N

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Environment
Habitat: lagoon

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: the lake has "variable depth between 3m and about 16m" and "receives freshwater from the Western Lagoon and Ismailia Channel meanwhile the saltwater was from Suez Canal"

Methods
Life forms: crustaceans, clams, other invertebrates

Sample size: 28638 individuals

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "macro-benthic fauna were collected by Van Veen grab with an opening area 0.0288 m2 of seabed... The organisms were identified to species level by exploitation Stereo and compound microscopes"

Metadata
Sample no: 3317

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-05-19 18:30:26

Modified: 2019-05-19 08:35:39

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
21 species
0 singleton
total count 28638
geometric series index: 21.2
Fisher's α: 2.219
geometric series k: 0.769
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.689
Shannon's H: 1.5802
Good's u: 1
Register
Dasychone lucullana 34
Polydora sp. 346
Ophelina sp. 277
Amphitrite sp. 69
Nainereis setosa 278
Euclymene zonalis 382
Lumbriconereis funcalensis 208
Glycinde multidens 69
Onuphis (Onuphis) eremita 69
Perinereis cultrifera 104
Perinereis nuntia heterodonta69
Venerupis pullastra 174
Modiolus auriculatus 13194
Paphia undulata 139
Paphia textile 416
Tellina sp. 139
Balanus sp. 694
Elasmopus rapax 3472
Leptodius exaratus 138
Alpheus sp. 139
Branchiostoma lanceolata 8228