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East Anglia Offshore Windfarm: Zonal Environmental Assessment Benthic Report
Figure 22 illustrates the distribution of Spiophanes bombyx across the EAOW zone. Spiophanes bombyx is a small tubeworm which typically occurs o n sandy substrata. Figures 13 and 14 reveal that this taxon was one of the most abundant and wi dely occurring taxa recorded across the EAOW zone.
Figure 22 demonstr ates that small populations of this taxon were found at most of the EAOW zonal stati
ons. Larger
populations were recorded wi thin isolated pockets across Area B. The d ensest aggregations of this taxon were recorded towards the south of Area A.
Figure 22. The distribution of Spiophanes bombyx abundance from all data acq uired during the survey of the EAOW zone, including both the original sampling grid and the targeted stations.