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Structure and composition of benthic macroinvertebrates of a tropical forest stream, River Nyamweru, western Uganda
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Benthic invertebrates from River Nyamweru, a tropical forest stream in western Uganda were sampled bimonthly between April and December 1997 using a modified Hess Sampler. A total of 3708 benthic fauna from thirteen taxonomic orders were collected. Benthic samples were dominated by Diptera (mainly Chironomidae) representing over 60% of all the organisms, followed by Ephemeroptera. Benthic invertebrate densities ranged from 63 ± 9.03 organisms/m 2 to 300 ± 33.36 organisms/m 2, with higher densities occurring during the dry season and lower densities during the wet season. The benthic community structure in River Nyamweru reflected mainly collectors and scrapers as the most important groups (83%), while predators were very rare (3.1%). River discharge influenced benthic abundance, with more invertebrates at lower discharge and fewer invertebrates at higher discharge. The applicability of the River Continuum Concept to tropical forest stream situation is discussed.
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- Tumwesigye, C., Yusuf, S. K., & Makanga, B.
- Venue
- African Journal of Ecology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2000-03
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 72-77
- ISSN
- 0141-6707 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2028
- OpenAlex
- W2033958077
- Cited by
- 320
- References
- 9
- FWCI
- 9.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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