International Journal of Ecology

Research Article

Biological Monitoring Using Macroinvertebrates as Bioindicators of Water Quality of Maroaga Stream in the Maroaga Cave System, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazon, Brazil

Table 3

Aquatic macroinvertebrates present at each sampling location.
InvertebratesSampling locationsPoints
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Blattaria: Blattidae+   +       1
Coleoptera: Curculionidae +          4
Coleoptera: Helodidae    +       3
Crustacea         ++ 6
Diptera: Chironomidae           +2
Ephemeroptera: Baetidae +          4
Hemiptera: Gerridae       +    3
Hemiptera: Naucoridae+ ++  ++    3
Hemiptera: Veliidae+           3
Hydracarina: Aranae    +       4
Lepidoptera + + ++ + ++1
Megaloptera: Corydalidae+ ++++++++++4
Odonata: Calopterygidae      +     8
Odonata: Coenagrionidae+   +       8
Odonata: Cordulegastridae           +8
Odonata: Gomphidae +  ++      8
Planaria+++   ++   +5
Plecoptera: Perlidae+++++++++ ++10
Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae ++++    + +8
Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae       ++   5
Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae+++++++++  +5
Trichoptera: Leptoceridae      +     10
Trichoptera: Odontoceridae  +   +     10
Trichoptera: Philopotamidae ++  + ++ + 8
Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae +          7
Total138