Ecological Archives E092-164-A1

Alexander M. Milner, Anne L. Robertson, Lee E. Brown, Svein Harald Sønderland, Michael McDermott, and Amanda J. Veal. 2011. Evolution of a stream ecosystem in recently deglaciated terrain. Ecology 92:1924–1935.

Appendix A (TABLE A1). A table showing mean invertebrate abundance in Stonefly Creek (X = present) together with the year the taxon was first collected in Wolf Point Creek (WPC). (Meiofaunal data were not available for 1992 and Ostracoda were not identified in 1997 and 1999).

Invertebrates Abundance  
Order Species 1992 1997 1999 2000 2001 Year first
collected in WPC
Ephemeroptera Baetis X 14   2 5 1986
Plecoptera Suwallia forcipata       3 6 1988
  Capnia   13       1986
Trichoptera Ecclisomyia.     1 3 5 1988
Other Diptera Simulium X 102 162 308 201 1988
  Probezzia   4 27 26 21 1996
  Chelifera   9        
Oligochaetae Nais.   8       1992
Heteroptera Dytiscidae         1 2000
Hydracarina           1 1999
Gammaridae           3 2000
Chironomidae Ablabesmyia         2  
  Constempellina     3 2 10  
  Coryneurea       4   1999
  Corynocera     8 33 4  
  Cricotopus tremulus   1694 1149 751 1540 1996
  Diamesa X 1030     2 present in 1977
  Diplocladius.   4   27 8  
  Einfeldia   0     1  
  Eukiefferiella claripennis   32 189 1117 1035 1993
  E. cyanea   0 8 1   1998
  E. devonica   0 5 35   1994
  E. gracei   8 41   1 1991
  E. rectangularis   810 52 153 171 1996
  O (Eudactylocladius)       2 1  
  Orthocladius manitobensis X 110 10   144 1991
  Halocladius psammocladius       3    
  Heleniella         4  
  Heterotrissocladius     1   2  
  Krenopelopia         2  
  Micropsectra     4 9   1991
  Orthocladius pognocladius       1    
  O. Orthocladius s.str G       10 1 1996
  Orthocladius mallochi       57 159 1989
  Pagastia partica     194 257 1226 1986
  Paracladius       1 15  
  Paracladopelma     18 25 30 2001
  Chaetocladius     104 160 73 1991
  Paratrichocladius X 472   6 12 present in 1977
  Phaenopsectra         2  
  Potthastia         3  
  Psilocladius       24    
  Sergentia   2   31 10 1992
  Tanytarsus       1   1993
  Zavrelimyia     1      
Copepoda Acanthocyclops vernalis   0 83 15 12 Present in 1994
  Diacyclops   0 0 X 0  
  Eucyclops agilis   0 0 2 10 Present in 1994
  Eucyclops phaleratus   0 0 0 X  
  Macrocyclops albidus   0 0 2 9  
  Tropocyclops prasinus   0 0 X 0  
  Paracyclops f. poppei   19 3 36 97  
  Bryocamptus zschokkei   0 0 X 0  
  Epactophanes richardi   0 0 1 1 Present in 1994
  Maraenobiotus insignipes   X X 0 0  
  Maraenobiotus brucei   19 3 5 0 Present in 1994
  Moraria affinis   0 0 0 X Present in 1994
  Parastenocaris   0 0 0 X  
  Nitocra   0 0 0 1  
  Cletocamptus   0 0 0 1  
Ostracoda     0 3     Present in 1994
  Cyclocypris osborni       34 51  
  Cyclocypris ovum       1 0  
  Cypria       31 0  
  Limnocythere       3 1  
  Paracandona       0 2  
  Pomatocypris       80 484  
Cladocera Alona   0 0 12 8  
  Rhynchotalona   0 0 X 0  
  Notalona   0 0 5 0  
  Alonopsis   0 0 0 28  
  Bosmina   505 600 1270 878  
  Daphnia   60 55 114 137  

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