From: Response of biotic communities to salinity changes in a Mediterranean hypersaline stream
combined habitats | ||
---|---|---|
J3–J4 | O3–O4 | |
Organic matter sediments | ** | n.s. |
Biomass primary producers | ||
Ruppia maritima | n.s. | ** |
Cladophora glomerata | n.s. | ** |
Epipelic algae | n.s. | ** |
Macroinvertebrate community parameters | ||
number of taxa | ** | * |
number of families | n.s. | n.s. |
number of diptera species | ** | n.s. |
number of coleoptera species | n.s. | n.s. |
log (abundance +1) | n.s. | n.s. |
Margalef's index | n.s. | * |
evenness | n.s. | n.s. |
Shannon's diversity index | n.s. | * |
Simpson's diversity index | n.s. | n.s. |