Table 4 Description of the 11 traits (35 states) for all caddisfly species considered in this study
Trait | Trait state (modality) | Code |
|---|---|---|
Life history | ||
Life cycle | Short (<10 months) | LC1 |
Long (>10 months) | LC2 | |
Synchronicity | Poorly synchronized | Sy1 |
Well synchronized | Sy2 | |
Morphology | ||
Attachment | None (free ranging) | At1 |
Some (sedentary sessile) | At2 | |
Armoring | None (soft body forms) | Ar1 |
Poor (heavily sclerotized) | Ar2 | |
Good (mineral cased larvae) | Ar3 | |
Shape | Streamlined (fusiform) | Sh1 |
Not streamlined (round, or bluff) | Sh2 | |
Size | Small (<9 mm) | Si1 |
Medium (9-16 mm) | Si2 | |
Large (>16 mm) | Si3 | |
Respiration | Tegument | Re1 |
Gills | Re2 | |
Ecology | ||
Rheophily | Depositional only | Rh1 |
Depositional and erosional | Rh2 | |
Erosional only | Rh3 | |
Habitat preference | Boulder/cobble/pebble | HP1 |
Gravel | HP2 | |
Sand | HP3 | |
Macrophytes | HP4 | |
Organic detritus litter | HP5 | |
Food | Detritus (<1 mm) | Fo1 |
Plant detritus (>1 mm) | Fo2 | |
Living macrophytes | Fo3 | |
Living microphytes | Fo4 | |
Living macroinvertebrates | Fo5 | |
Feeding habits | Deposit feeder | FH1 |
Shredder | FH2 | |
Scraper | FH3 | |
Filter-feeder | FH4 | |
Piercer | FH5 | |
Predator | FH6 |