Habitat Ecology and Ichthyofaunal Diversity of Two Creeks and Their Associated Streams from Port Blair, South Andaman Islands

Table 1

Habitat types of fresh water streams [16].

Habitat type	Depth (m)	Current (m/sec)	Turbulence
Pool	Variable	<0.2	No
Side pool	<0.5 usually	Nil usually	No
Plunge pool	<2.0 usually	<0.20	Yes
Run	Variable	0.20–0.75+	No
Riffle	<0.5	>0.75	Yes
Cascade	2.0 usually	>2.0	Much