Table 5 Spearman correlation coefficients relating salinity and abundance of macroinvertebrate taxa, (n = 20).
From: Response of biotic communities to salinity changes in a Mediterranean hypersaline stream
Taxon abundance & salinity | R | p-level |
|---|---|---|
Tubificidae | 0.222 | 0.347 |
Potamopyrgus antipodarun | -0.198 | 0.404 |
Melanopsis praemorsa | -0.308 | 0.187 |
Cloeon schoenemundi | -0.418 | 0.067 |
Anax sp. | -0.447 | 0.048 |
Chironomus salinarius | 0.074 | 0.757 |
Chironomus sp. | -0.292 | 0.214 |
Tanypodinae | -0.327 | 0.159 |
Halocladius varians | -0.062 | 0.795 |
Ceratopogonidae | -0.369 | 0.109 |
Culicidae | 0 | 1 |
Ephydra flavipes | 0.576 | 0.008 |
Dolichopodide | 0.308 | 0.187 |
Stratiomys longicornis | 0.519 | 0.019 |
Simuliidae | -0.656 | 0.002 |
Sigara selecta | -0.644 | 0.002 |
Nebrioporus ceresyi | -0.473 | 0.035 |
Nebrioporus baeticus | -0.772 | 0.000 |
Berosus hispanicus | -0.531 | 0.016 |
Enochrus falcarius | 0.179 | 0.451 |
Enochrus bicolor | 0.308 | 0.187 |
Ochthebius cuprescens | -0.150 | 0.527 |
Ochthebius delgadoi | 0 | 1 |
Ochthebius tudmirensis | 0 | 1 |
Ochthebius corrugatus | 0.708 | 0.000 |