| Ecotype | Resource dimension niche width | Economic dimension niche width | Technology dimension niche width | Total niche width | |
| Ningbo-Zhoushan port | Dominant species | 1.7083 | 2.1190 | 1.0869 | 4.9142 |
| Shanghai port | Dominant species | 1.6737 | 2.2929 | 0.5846 | 4.5512 |
| Suzhou port | Subdominant species | 1.1738 | 2.2939 | 0.8635 | 4.3312 |
| Nanjing port | Subdominant species | 0.9128 | 2.0424 | 0.8184 | 3.7735 |
| Huzhou port | Auxiliary species | 0.7293 | 1.6099 | 1.1467 | 3.4859 |
| Nantong port | Auxiliary species | 0.6352 | 1.7108 | 0.9894 | 3.3354 |
| Taizhou port | Auxiliary species | 0.6952 | 1.5508 | 1.0539 | 3.2999 |
| Zhenjiang port | Auxiliary species | 0.7856 | 1.6531 | 0.6701 | 3.1088 |
| Lianyungang port | Rare species | 0.7830 | 1.2354 | 0.5056 | 2.5239 |