The Relationship between Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages and Water Quality Parameters in the Sanyati Basin, Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe

Table 3

List of observed macroinvertebrates between January and March 2018 in Sanyati basin, Lake Kariba.

Order	Family	FFG	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	Total
Acarina	Hydracarina	Predator	0	5	11	6	2	26	50
Cladocera	Cladocera	Scrapper	9	16	9	2	8	18	62
Hirudinea	Erpobdellidae	Predator	12	0	4	2	6	7	31
Oligochaeta	Oligochaeta	Collector-gatherer	26	10	4	0	4	7	51
Neotaenioglossa	Thiaridae	Scrapper	39	10	3	7	5	6	70
	Physidae	Collector-gatherer	0	0	13	5	12	7	37
Decapoda	Atydae	Collector-gatherer	0	3	5	3	0	14	25
Coleoptera	Dytiscidae	Predator	3	8	7	10	2	21	51
	Elmidae	Shredders	0	2	0	3	2	12	19
	Gyrinidae	Predator	0	4	2	6	10	1	23
	Hydrophilidae	Collector-gatherer	12	4	5	3	6	4	34
	Noteridae	Predator	4	7	12	8	9	3	43
Diptera	Chironomidae	Collector-gatherer, predator	89	63	48	40	34	22	296
	Culicidae	Collector-gatherer	36	29	3	4	9	4	85
	Dixidae	Collector-filterer	1	2	0	0	0	1	4
	Empididae	Predator	12	4	6	0	8	9	39
	Syrphidae	Collector-gatherer	11	3	2	3	3	4	26
	Tipulidae	Shredders	12	1	5	3	5	1	27
Ephemeroptera	Baetidae	Collector-gatherer	0	2	3	2	2	12	21
	Caenidae	Collector-gatherer	1	0	2	6	15	44	68
	Leptophlebidae	Collector-gatherer	10	22	27	23	35	64	181
Hemiptera	Belostomatidae	Predator	20	14	3	12	7	1	57
	Corixidae	Predator	6	9	7	9	1	15	47
	Hydrometridae	Predator	0	1	2	1	2	1	7
	Nepidae	Predator	1	2	0	1	1	2	7
	Pleidae	Predator	4	7	12	13	5	3	44
	Veliidae	Predator	1	4	1	6	3	6	21
Megaloptera	Corydalidae	Predator	4	2	6	8	6	4	30
Odonata	Aeshnidae	Predator	3	5	6	1	0	7	22
	Chlorolestidae	Predator	3	2	9	8	6	6	34
	Gomphidae	Predator	29	29	11	17	13	4	103
	Lestidae	Predator	9	14	19	3	13	58	116
Tricoptera	Hydropsychidae	Collector-filterer	3	4	3	9	1	22	42
	Leptoceridae	Shredder, scrapper, predator	0	3	2	1	3	19	28
		Total	360	291	252	225	238	435	1801