Diversity and Species Composition of Subaerial Algal Communities in Forested Areas of Meghalaya, India

Table 3

The results of SIMPER analyses illustrating species that differentiates among sampling areas.

Taxon	MSG; (Avg abundance)	SGC; (Avg abundance)	NH-44- Umiam; (Avg abundance)	Contribution %
Desmococcus olivaceus	0.74	3.56	2.32	2.60
Trentepohlia abietina	1.90	4.45	4.12	2.49
Chlorella sp.	1.03	2.63	1.30	2.31
Scytonema sp. 1	0.00	0.00	2.88	2.27
Chlorella saccharophila	0.30	2.55	0.93	2.10
Mesotaenium macrococcum	0.84	2.89	1.11	2.08
Trentepohlia rigidula	2.31	4.39	3.83	1.94
Trentepohlia sp.	0.00	1.59	1.63	1.89
Trentepohlia sp. 2	2.23	0.00	0.00	1.87
Gloeocapsa punctata	0.00	0.75	2.16	1.82
Chlorella sp. 1	0.62	1.48	1.36	1.80
Scytonema millei	0.10	0.00	2.28	1.78
Euastrum sublobatum var dissimile	0.41	1.97	0.00	1.57
Trebouxia arboricola	0.83	1.60	1.08	1.53
Scytonema sp.	0.23	0.75	1.62	1.52
Dictyochloropsis sp.	0.00	1.83	0.00	1.47
Trentepohlia sp. 1	1.57	0.00	0.00	1.40
Gloeocapsa sp.	0.00	0.32	1.70	1.39
Aphanocapsa muscicola	0.00	0.59	1.59	1.37
Eunotia praerupta	1.61	0.00	0.00	1.33
Podohedra saltans	0.00	1.06	0.97	1.29