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Ecological parameter:  microhabitat - vertical distribution

Parameter group: habitat related parameters

Explanation:
The parameter indicates whether the habitat of a species -– regardless of the actual choriotope - –is more associated with the interstitial zone (space between the subtrate particles) or the substrate surface.

Abbreviations:
Category nameAbbreviationExplanation
surfacesurfliving on the surface of the substrate
intersticesinterliving in the space netween the substrate particles below the surface
Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit
TaxagroupNumber of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage
Gastropoda1 / 241 - 0.4%
Oligochaeta1 / 240 - 0.4%
Crustacea2 / 270 - 0.7%
Ephemeroptera14 / 353 - 3.9%
Coleoptera5 / 2678 - 0.1%
Trichoptera21 / 1439 - 1.4%
Diptera (excl. Chironomidae)1 / 2404 - 0%