Functional Diversity and Traits Assembly Patterns of Benthic Macrofaunal Communities in the Southern North Sea - Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach in Earth System Science - page 175

Fig. 2 Distribution of abundance-weighted modality scores (integrated over the entire 30 year
period) within benthic infaunal assemblages at four sites in the German Bight: a environmental
position, b size of organisms, c adult movement, d diet type, e sexual differentiation, f larval
development, g age at maturity, h adult longevity, i feeding habit and j fecundity. Site names are
FSd fine sand, Slt silt, SSd silty sand and WB White Bank. For each trait the distribution of
modalities differed signi cantly between the four sampling sites (p < 0.001)