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Ecological parameter: locomotion and substrate relation according to Tachet
Parameter group: life & body related parameters
Explanation:
The trait provides combined information on invertebrate locomotion and related substrate type. Organisms can be free-living or attached, temporarily or permanently. The category "flier" includes active fliers (e.g. aquatic adults of water bugs or beetles able to fly), but also passive fliers, i.e. aquatic organisms passively dispersed by birds (e.g. leeches, parasites of vertebrates) acting as carriers. Aquatic invertebrates can also be swimmers over (e.g. Gerridae) or under (e.g. Anophelinae) the water surface, swimmers in open water (e.g. Baetidae), crawlers over the bottom substrate (e.g. Blephariceridae, Ancylidae), burrowers within the first centimetres of the benthic fine sediment, or interstitial inhabitants (i.e. endobenthic), temporarily living in hyporheic habitats (e.g. Leuctra major).
Tachet, H., Bournaud, M., Richoux, P. & Usseglio-Polatera, P. (2010): Invertébrés d'eau douce - systématique, biologie, écologie. CNRS Editions, Paris, 600 p.
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Abbreviations:
| Category name: | Abbreviations: | Explanation: |
|---|---|---|
| flier | flr | actively flying as well as passively flying (i.e. passively dispersed by birds) |
| surface swimmer | ssw | swimming on the water surface |
| full water swimmer | wsw | swimming in open water |
| crawler | crw | crawling over the bottom substrate |
| burrower (epibenthic) | bur | burrowing within the first centimetres of the benthic sediment |
| interstitial (endobenthic) | int | living in the interstitial |
| temporarily attached | tat | temporarely attached to hard substrates or plants |
| permanently attached | pat | permanently attached to hard substrates or plants |
| Taxagroup | Number of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage |
|---|---|
| Bivalvia | 3 / 77 - 3.8% |
| Bryozoa | 6 / 19 - 31.5% |
| Coelenterata | 2 / 13 - 15.3% |
| Coleoptera | 52 / 2678 - 1.9% |
| Crustacea | 11 / 270 - 4% |
| Diptera (excl. Chironomidae) | 2 / 2404 - 0% |
| Ephemeroptera | 16 / 353 - 4.5% |
| Gastropoda | 15 / 241 - 6.2% |
| Heteroptera | 10 / 124 - 8% |
| Hirudinea | 10 / 68 - 14.7% |
| Kamptozoa | 1 / 1 - 100% |
| Lepidoptera | 4 / 19 - 21% |
| Nemertini | 1 / 1 - 100% |
| Odonata | 17 / 174 - 9.7% |
| Oligochaeta | 16 / 240 - 6.6% |
| Planipennia | 1 / 12 - 8.3% |
| Plecoptera | 9 / 576 - 1.5% |
| Polychaeta | 1 / 13 - 7.6% |
| Porifera | 3 / 12 - 25% |
| Trichoptera | 38 / 1439 - 2.6% |
| Turbellaria | 4 / 61 - 6.5% |