Ecological Correlates of Species Richness in Three Guilds of Lotic Macroinvertebrates
作者:
DaleA. Bruns,
AlanB. Hale,
G.Wayne Minshall,
期刊:
Journal of Freshwater Ecology
(Taylor Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 4,
issue 2
页码: 163-176
ISSN:0270-5060
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1080/02705060.1987.9664650
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Habitat factors were correlated with species richness for three guilds of lotic macroinvertebrates within the drainage basin of the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, Idaho. Species richness of filter feeders and scrapers increased with stream size whereas no significant longitudinal pattern was evident for gatherers. Annual variation in stream flow was inversely correlated with species richness for both filter feeders and scrapers, and food abundance was positively associated with scraper species richness. These relationships were consistent with the habitat templet concept of Southwood (1977). In contrast, our descriptive data gave no support for alternative, nonequilibrium models of community organization.
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