Table 3. Benthic macroinvertebrate metrics determined for each stream reach
[EPT, Ephemeroptera-Plecoptera-Trichoptera]
Numbers
of taxa |
Percentages |
Indices |
| Number of taxa | Percent EPT taxa | EPT taxa richness |
| Number of filterers | Percent Chironomidae | Shannon-Weiner diversity index |
| Number of gatherers | Percent Ephemeroptera | Hilsenhoff’s biotic index |
| Number of predators | Percent Oligochaeta | Margelef’s richness index |
| Number of scrapers | Percent Plecoptera | Pielou’s evenness index |
| Number of shredders | Percent filterers | Simpson’s heterogeneity index |
| Percent gatherers | ||
| Percent predators | ||
| Percent scrapers | ||
| Percent shredders |