To overcome this restriction, Heagney et al. (2007) and Priede and Merrett (1996)
standardised Max N and time of first arrival values respectively by current-derived areal estimates,
thus providing some information on areal density. For our analyses, we assumed that any localised
current influence was consistent across our sampling location and estimate on relative measures of
abundance. However, the inclusion of small current metres could address this concern.