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. 2014 Dec 10;187(1):4163. doi: 10.1007/s10661-014-4163-1

Table 5.

Macroinvertebrate family richness and scores assigned to each family

Level of macroinvertebrates Abundance Scorea
Class Order Family Pistia stratiotes Eichhornia crassipes
Malacostraca Decapoda Atydae 198 71 8
Insecta Odonata Libellulidae 31 17 5
Perilestidae 93 44 5
Coleoptera Dyticidae 19 45 5
Hydrophilidae 97 85 4
Elmidae 19 53 4
Diptera Chironomidae 6 22 2
Gastropoda Mesogastropoda Ampularidae 1 36 3
Neotaenioglossa Thiaridae 823 1550 3
Basommatophora Planorbidae 207 256 3
Abundance 2179 1494

aBMWP and adaptations