Research Article
Hydrodynamic Conditions Effects on Soft-Bottom Subtidal Nearshore Benthic Community Structure and Distribution
Table 2
List of macrobenthic functional traits evaluated in the present study exhibiting different modalities.
| Functional traits | Traits modalities | Labels |
| Trophic group | Carnivore (including scavengers and predators) | C | Sub-surface deposit-feeder | SSDF | Surface deposit-feeder | SDF | Suspension-feeder | SF | Herbivore | H |
| Motility | Sessile | SESSILE | Burrower | BURROW | Crawler | CRAWL | Walker | WALK | Swimmer | SWIM |
| Living habitat | Infauna | SED | Demersal fauna | DEMERSAL | Free-living epifauna | FREE |
| AMBI ecological group | Species very sensitive to disturbance | GI | Species indifferent to disturbance | GII | Species tolerant to disturbance | GIII | Second-order opportunistic species | GIV | First-order opportunistic species | GV |
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