The influences of habitat and seasonal sampling regimes on the ordination and classification of macroinvertebrate assemblages in the catchment of the River Wye,Wales |
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Authors: | S J Ormerod |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Applied Biology University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, PO Box 13, CFI 3XF Cardiff, UK |
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Abstract: | Assemblages of benthic macroinvertebrates were assessed in relation to environmental variables at 45 sites in the catchment of the Welsh River Wye in 1982.Samples were collected from three habitats (margins, riffles, flats) and in two seasons (Spring and Autumn), separated and combined data sets being ordinated by DECORANA and classified by TWINSPAN. Correlations between primary ordinations were high (p < 0.001) and always strongly related to total hardness or pH; secondary ordinations were also intercorrelated and were related to stream slope.In each instance, total hardness and slope were the strongest discriminants between site groupings produced by TWINSPAN. It is concluded that relationships between faunal assemblages, stream chemistry and stream physiography would be effectively detected in the Wye catchment in either Spring or Autumn and in each of the habitats sampled. However, the most precise categorization of assemblage type required a sampling strategy which combined habitat and seasonal data. |
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Keywords: | habitat season ordination classification macroinvertebrate |
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