Table 1. SIMPER analysis of macroinvertebrate communities in Bd and non-Bd ponds.
Macroinvertebrate Taxa | Cumulative Contribution | More Abundant In: |
Chironomid sp. | 9.028 | Bd ponds |
Physa gyrina | 16.96 | non-Bd ponds |
Hesperocorixa spp. | 24.23 | Bd ponds |
Chaoborus sp. | 30.88 | Bd ponds |
Libellula semifasciata | 34.87 | Bd ponds |
Pachydiplax longipennis | 38.7 | non-Bd ponds |
Notonecta (juvenile) | 42.3 | Bd ponds |
Buenoa spp. | 45.51 | Bd ponds |
Dineutus sp. | 48.52 | Bd ponds |
Callibaetes sp. | 51.03 | Bd ponds |
Over 50% of the difference in macroinvertebrate communities between Bd and non-Bd ponds was explained by the abundances of 10 of the 68 total invertebrate taxa (listed in order of decreasing relative contribution).