Metric | Abbreviation | Metric Category | Use | Response to Stress |
Chironomidae richness | Chirrich | Richness | 2 | Decrease |
Diptera richness | Diptrich | Richness | 2 | Decrease |
Ephemeroptera richness | Ephrich | Richness | 2 | Decrease |
Ephemeroptera + Plecoptera + Trichoptera richness | EPTrich | Richness | 1, 2, 3 | Decrease |
Plecoptera richness | Plecrich | Richness | 2 | Decrease |
Total taxa richness | TTrich | Richness | 1, 2, 3 | Decrease |
Trichoptera richness | Tricrich | Richness | 2 | Decrease |
% Chironomidae | Chircp | bComposition/% | 2 | Increase |
% Corbicula | Corbcp | bComposition/% | 2 | Increase |
% Diptera | Diptcp | bComposition/% | 2 | Increase |
% Ephemeroptera | Ephcp | bComposition/% | 2 | Decrease |
% Ephemeroptera + Plecoptera | EPcp | bComposition/% | 1 | Decrease |
% Ephemeroptera + Plecoptera + Trichoptera | EPTcp | bComposition/% | 1, 2, 3 | Decrease |
% Hydropsychidae Trichoptera | HydTcp | bComposition/% | 2 | Increase |
% Other Diptera + Non-insectsa | ODNIcp | bComposition/% | 2 | Increase |
% Oligochaeta | Oligocp | bComposition/% | 1, 2 | Increase |
% Plecoptera | Pleccp | bComposition/% | 2 | Decrease |
% Tanytarsini midges | Tanycp | bComposition/% | 1, 2 | Decrease |
% Trichoptera | Triccp | bComposition/% | 2 | Decrease |
Clinger richness | ClingRfh | Functional/Habitat | 2 | Decrease |
% Clingers | ClingPfh | Functional/Habitat | 2 | Decrease |
% Filterers | Filtfh | Functional/Habitat | 2 | Increase |
% Predators | Predfh | Functional/Habitat | 2 | Increase |
% Scrapers | Scfh | Functional/Habitat | 1, 2 | Decrease |
% Shredders | Shfh | Functional/Habitat | 2 | Decrease |
% Intolerant taxa (KBI tolerance < 3.0) | IntKBItol | Tolerance | 1, 2 | Decrease |
Kansas Biotic Index | KBItol | Tolerance | 1, 3 | Increase |
Macroinvertebrate Biotic Index | MBItol | Tolerance | 1, 3 | Increase |
% Dominant taxon | DT1dd | Dominance/Diversity | 2 | Increase |
% of 2 dominant taxa | DT2dd | Dominance/Diversity | 2 | Increase |
% of 5 dominant taxa | DT5dd | Dominance/Diversity | 2 | Increase |
Shannon Diversity Index | SDIdd | Dominance/Diversity | 1, 3 | Decrease |
EPT/Chironomidae ratio | EPTCratio | Ratio | 2 | Decrease |
Scraper/Filtering collector ratio | ScFcratio | Ratio | 2 | Decrease |