Stream Order, Morphometry, Physico-Chemical Conditions, and Community Structure of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in an Intermittent Stream System
Harrel RC and Dorris TC. 1968. Stream Order, Morphometry, Physico-Chemical Conditions, and Community Structure of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in an Intermittent Stream System. The American Midland Naturalist. 80(1):220-251
In this study, morphometry, physico-chemical conditions and community structure of benthic macroinvertebrates of the Otter Creek drainage basin were correlated with (and proved to be closely related to) stream order. Table 1: Stream order analysis of Otter Creek drainage basin. Table 2: Characteristics of streams and stations sampled. Table 3: Annual extremes of physio-chemical conditions for stream orders. Table 4: Numbers of benthic macroinvertebrates. Table 5: Extremes and ranges of values of species diversity, diversity per individual, and redundancy per stream orders. Table 6: Calculated 'F' values from analyses of variance of annual and seasonal species diversity, diversity per individual, and redundancy. Table 7: Annual indices of heterogeneity between stations in Otter Creek drainage Basin. Table 8: Mean annual physico-chemical conditions at stations of the same order above and below the brine influx. Table 9: Annual community structure at stations which received oil-field brines and at stations of the same order above and below the brine influx.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Harrel, Richard; Dorris, Troy
- Units
- BITH
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Benthos, Checklist, Chemistry, Invertebrates, Otter Creek, Rivers & Streams