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. 2020 Jan 3;192(2):84. doi: 10.1007/s10661-019-8019-6

Table 4.

Average abundance and similarity of organisms within each season from March 2013 to April 2014 for spring (March–May), summer (June–August), autumn (September to November) and winter (December to February). Figures in italics highlight organisms with more than 10% contribution to the total organisms present at each season

Spring average similarity, 49.17 Contribution (%) Winter average similarity, 33.50 Contribution (%)
  Baetidae (E) 34.8 Baetidae (E) 19.53
  Chironomidae 25.5 Chironomidae 15.96
  Heptageniidae (E) 10.5 Tipulidae 15.41
  Gammaridae 10.2 Heptageniidae (E) 11.63
  Tubificidae 3.93 Hydropsychidae (T) 7.63
  Tipulidae 3.35 Tubificidae 6.69
  Lumbriculidae 3.18 Simulidae 4.85
Autumn average similarity, 37.14 Contribution (%) Lumbriculidae 3.9
  Baetidae (E) 66.1 Erpobdellidae 3.66
  Chironomidae 8.31 Gammaridae 3.42
  Gammaridae 7.91
  Heptageniidae (E) 6.68
  Hydropsychidae (T) 3.37
Summer average similarity, 36.50 Contribution (%)
  Baetidae (E) 42.2
  Chironomidae 19.9
  Gammaridae 10.5
  Ephemerellidae (E) 7.3
  Tubificidae 3.49
  Heptageniidae (E) 3.38
  Lumbriculidae 2.23
  Rhyacophilidae (T) 1.91

Ephemeroptera (E); Plecoptera (P) and Trichoptera (T)