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Table 2

Number of taxa, density, the values of dominance (D%), frequency (F%) and the Shannon–Wiener H′ indices calculated for the rotifer communities in the upper and lower courses of the Bolina River.

Taxa/Values Upper course Lower course


Planktonic samples Periphytic samples Planktonic samples Periphytic samples




Frequency (%) Density (ind. 10 cm−3) [maximum value] Dominance Density (ind. 10 cm−2) [maximum value] Dominance Frequency (%) Density (ind. 10 cm−3) [maximum value] Dominance Density (ind. 10 cm−2) [maximum value] Dominance
Bdelloidea non determinata 20.00 160 7.36 13.33 1 1.64
Brachionus angularis Gosse, 1851 6.67 50 1.27 6.67 1 0.82
Brachionus plicatilis Müller, 1786 26.67 23 76.19 33.33 76 93.44 40 1.66
Brachionus quadridentatus Hermann, 1783 6.67 1 0.82
Brachionus rubens Ehrenberg, 1838 6.67 1 2.38
Cephalodella catellina (Müller, 1786) 6.67 480 12.18 6.67 1 0.82
Colurella adriatica Ehrenberg, 1831 66.67 3 16.67 960 45.94 20.00 1 0.82 480 23.29
Colurella colurus (Ehrenberg, 1830) 40.00 1 4.76 480 24.11 33.33 1 1.64 640 30.12
Encentrum marinum (Dujardin, 1841) 13.33 160 5.08 13.33 960 43.26
Keratella quadrata (Müller, 1786) 6.67 40 1.66
Rotaria rotatoria (Pallas, 1766) 6.67 160 4.06
The Shannon–Wiener index H 1.07 2.14 0.51 1.73

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