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Ecological parameter: climate change affected species according to www.climate-and-freshwater.info (caf)

Parameter group: climate change related parameter

Explanation:
Climate-and-freshwater.info and its associated database presents information about climate change impacts on freshwater ecosystems. The website lists (among others) species affected by climate change ordered by ecosystem types (rivers, lakes, wetlands) and climatic regions (cold, temperate and warm).

www.climate-and-freshwater.info

Hershkovitz, Y., Strackbein, J. & Hering, D. (2013): Climate-and-freshwater.info; version: January 2014. Available at www.climate-and-freshwater.info


Classification system: presence/absence assignment system
A description of the coding system can be found here  Abbreviations/Coding Systems

Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit:
TaxagroupNumber of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage
Bivalvia5 / 77 - 6.4%
Chironomidae5 / 1315 - 0.3%
Coleoptera1 / 2678 - 0%
Crustacea1 / 270 - 0.3%
Diptera (excl. Chironomidae)1 / 2404 - 0%
Ephemeroptera4 / 353 - 1.1%
Gastropoda2 / 241 - 0.8%
Odonata9 / 174 - 5.1%
Plecoptera8 / 576 - 1.3%
Trichoptera5 / 1439 - 0.3%