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. 2015 Mar 24;3:e860. doi: 10.7717/peerj.860

Table 2. Spatiotemporal diversity.

Spatial and seasonal variation of the diversity parameters of insect assemblages in Sabkha Djendli, Northeast Algeria.

Parameters Orientation Season Total
S SW W NW N NE E SE Spring Summer Fall
Abundances (Ni) 93 48 60 44 52 50 43 45 163 116 155 434
RA (%) 21.4 11.0 13.8 10.1 11.8 11.5 9.9 10.3 37.5 26.7 35.6 100
Species richness (Sobs) 27 24 27 19 17 22 19 22 46 38 51 75
Ratio Ni/Sobs 3.4 2.0 2.2 2.3 3.1 2.3 2.3 2.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 5.8
Shannon index (H′) 3.9 3.6 4.1 3.5 3.1 3.8 3.7 3.9 4.5 4.0 4.6 4.7
Evenness 0.81 0.79 0.86 0.83 0.77 0.84 0.86 0.87 0.82 0.76 0.82 0.76