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. 2019 Jul 29;7:e7128. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7128

Table 4. Sub-Antarctic freshwater macroinvertebrate community composition.

Similarity Percentages (SIMPER) analysis of freshwater macroinvertebrate community composition that contribute approximately 90% of the abundance of the assemblage from sampling sites of the Róbalo river watershed, Navarino Island, Chile.

Elevation (m.a.s.l.) Species Av. Abund. Sim/SD Contrib. % Cum. %
20 Hyalella sp. 5.42 5.78 30.59 30.59
Chiro-morph1 2.66 1.1 11.64 42.22
Glossi-morph1 2.1 2.52 11.35 53.57
Chiro-morph2 2.16 1.13 10.05 63.62
Lancetes angusticollis 1.91 2.6 8.76 72.39
Sigara sp. 2.06 1.57 7.31 79.69
Orth-morph1 2.21 1.01 6.68 86.38
Tany-morph1 1.92 1.2 6.01 92.39
250 Hyalella sp. 2.73 3.53 46.72 46.72
Oligo-morph1 0.88 0.9 8.82 55.54
Meridialaris chiloeense 0.8 0.59 7.62 63.16
Ceratopog-morph1 0.47 0.55 6.76 69.92
Glossi-morph1 0.42 0.65 4.99 74.91
Chiro-morph1 0.66 0.47 4.83 79.75
Glossi-morph2 0.86 0.41 4.38 84.12
Chiro-morph2 0.61 0.65 4.32 88.44
Pectinidens diaphanum 0.52 0.53 3.46 91.9
Hyalella sp. 4.3 4.7 49.67 49.67
480 Oligo-morph1 2.52 2.27 24.68 74.35
Lancetes angusticollis 1.51 1.2 13.16 87.51
Chiro-morph1 1.06 0.67 5.4 92.92
700 Hyalella sp. 4.52 3.37 78.22 78.22
Oligo-morph1 1.33 1.31 14.8 93.01

Notes.

Abreviations

Av. Abund
Average Abundance
Sim/SD
Similarity Standard Deviation
Contrib.
Contribution
Cum.
Cumulative
Chiro
Chironomidae
Daph
Daphnidae
Glos
Glosiphoniidae
Oligo
Oligochaeta
Orth
Orthocladiinae
Tany
Tanypodinae
morph
morphotype