Supplementary Data S2. Absolute Abundance (I.E. Counts) of Meiobenthos in Four Habitats

Supplementary data S2. Absolute abundance (i.e. counts) of meiobenthos in four habitats and two sites within a Caribbean coral reef: Punta Francés (PF) and Cabezo de Moya (CM). Numbers are the sum of four replicates (two in case of Algal Turf in CM). Hyphens indicate absence.

Seagrass bed Bare sand Coral rubble Algal turf Taxon PF CM PF CM PF CM PF CM Nematoda 668 2031 898 449 7751 5023 1883 554 Copepoda 265 524 610 294 7506 3353 2604 556 Polychaeta 362 309 232 55 3710 1487 936 169 Ostracoda 180 805 1476 177 1642 1327 751 80 Halacaroidea 9 196 73 42 920 1103 123 37 Gastropoda - 21 117 16 520 565 164 23 Oligochaeta 11 173 6 27 216 49 107 16 Copepoda (nauplii) - 26 20 - 210 137 148 1 Isopoda 5 1 18 2 118 123 18 6 Cumacea 3 1 - - 97 120 49 7 Tanaidacea - 1 3 - 159 41 10 3 Amphipoda 5 - 6 - 48 81 27 1 Ciliophora - 18 - - 18 75 - - Polyplacophora - - 2 28 29 23 - 1 Sipuncula 1 6 7 1 19 18 21 2 Bivalvia - 1 10 - 19 14 3 1 Ophiuroidea 25 - 1 - - 2 - - Chaetognatha - - - 2 21 4 - - Kinorhyncha - 5 1 - 7 1 13 - Radiolaria - - 21 1 - - 5 - Tardigrada - 1 - - 12 2 8 - Cnidaria 1 - 3 - 9 - 5 - Decapoda (larvae) 3 - 3 - - 1 5 - Gastrotricha - - - - 7 5 - - Turbellaria - 10 ------Priapulida ------9 - Pycnogonida 1 - - - 2 - - - Rotifera 1 - - - - - 1 - Bryozoa - - - - 1 - - - Echinoidea - - - - - 1 - - Holothuroidea - - - - 1 - - - Tunicata ------1 -