The Effect of Decreasing Temperature on Arthropod Diversity and Abundance in Horse Dung Decomposition Communities of Southeastern Massachusetts
Figure 2
A graphical breakdown of the arthropods collected during the study. (a) represents the totals for the whole study, (b) the totals for the 7 beetle families, (c) the totals for the 6 fly families, and (d) the remaining individuals collected. Values above each bar represent the number of individuals collected while the values within the bars represent the number of species observed. Abbreviations represent the following: Car.: Carabidae, Geo.: Geotrupinae, His.: Histeridae, Hyd.: Hydrophilidae, Pti.: Ptiliidae, Sca.: Scarabaeidae, Sta.: Staphylinidae, Cal.: Calliphoridae, Mus.: Muscidae, Sar.: Sarcophagidae, Sep.: Sepsidae, Sph.: Sphaeroceridae, Syr.: Syrphidae, Aca.: Acari, Aran.: Aranea, Coll.: Collembola, Dipl.: Diplopoda, Isop.: Isopoda, Opili.: Opiliones, and Ortho.: Orthoptera.
