The Variation of Size Distributions of Benthic Communities Across a Range of Irrigating Ponds and Canals of North Yorkshire, UK
The Variation of Size Distributions of Benthic Communities Across a Range of Irrigating Ponds and Canals of North Yorkshire, UK
Hamida Bibi1*, Dave Rraffaelli2 and Muhammad Sharif1
The study sites of ponds and canals.
Biological monitoring party (BMWP) scores.
Average score per Taxon (ASPT).
The relationship between ASPT and BMWP at different sites of irrigating water bodies.
Frequency histograms of body mass distributions.
The fitted density distributions for body sizes derived by kernel density estimation and bootstrapped re-sampling.
The relationships between biotic indices (BMWP and ASPT) as water quality and number of modes (determined by Kernel Density Estimation (KDE).
The relationship between conductivity and ASPT for different irrigating water courses.