<span>Relative abundance - comparison between the isotopes Percent abundance - </span><span>comparing the totals. </span>relative abundance:the number of organisms of a particular kind as a percentage of the total number of organisms of a given area or community; the number of birds of a particular species as a percentage of the total bird population of a given area percent:figured or expressed on the basis of a rate or proportion per hundred (used in combination with a number in expressing rates of interest, <span>proportions, etc.</span><span>