The Ría de Vigo is a semi-enclosed bay with high primary productivity due to the influence of
coastal upwelling-downwelling dynamics. The area is heavily populated and affected by
numerous human activities, which lead to sediment modification. Epibenthic megafauna
from the non-estuarine zones of this bay has been studied in order to describe its spatial
distribution, testing possible differences between inner and outer areas. With that purpose,
75 sites have been sampled by means of a towing dredge. Megafauna was identified to the …