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Table 3 SIMPER analysis of contribution of species
From: Dietary variation and food selection by mayfly grazers in a subtropical mountain stream
| Algal species | Dry season | Wet season | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caged | Grazed | Caged | Grazed | |
| Achnanthes spp. | 35.50 | 51.87 | 2.67 | 2.26 |
| Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki | 13.13 | 5.49 | 2.74 | |
| Achnanthidium pyrenaicum (Hustedt) H. Kobayasi | 55.04 | 71.74 | ||
| Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta | 7.77 | 2.26 | 7.19 | |
| Diatoma vulgaris Bory de Saint-Vincent | 2.79 | |||
| Gomphonema spp. | 18.53 | 13.19 | ||
| Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot | 41.48 | 24.08 | 5.31 | 2.58 |
| Total contribution | 90.11 | 92.00 | 86.55 | 96.96 |
