Fig 1.
Location map of west Gojjam zone showing the six study wetlands(Attribution: Background data source is ©OpenStreetMap 2024-10-31).
Table 1.
Location of studied wetlands and description of sampling sites.
Table 2.
Number of families and individuals found within each main taxonomic group in the six study wetlands.
Table 3.
Spatial variation in macroinvertabrates taxa, abundance and diversity indices in six study wetlands.
Table 4.
Family richness and abundance of macroinvertebrates across seasons.
Table 5.
Temporal variation in macroinvertebrate taxa, abundance and diversity indices in the six studied wetlands.
Fig 2.
Tri-plot of first two axes of CCA for macroinvertebrates, physicochemical parameters and sampling sites.
(Abbreviations: Aesh.–Aeshnidae, Amph.–Amphipoda, Baet.—Baetidae, Calo.–Calopterygidae, Chir.–Chironomidae, Coen.–Coenagrionidae,Cord.–Corduliidae, Corbi.–Corbiculidae, Cori.–Corixidae, Dyti.–Dytiscidae, Elmi.–Elmidae, Ephe.–Ephemerelidae,Gerr.–Gerridae, Gomph.–Gomphidae, Gyri.–Gyrinidae, Hiru.–Hirudinea, Hydroph.–Hydrophilidae, Hydropt.–Hydropsychidae, Lest.–Lestidae, Leuc.–Leuctridae, Libel.–Libellulidae, Lymn.–Lymnaeidae, Nauc.–Naucoridae, Nepi.–Nepidae, Note.–Noteridae, Noto.–Notonectidae, Oligo.–Oligochaeta, Phys.–Physidae, Plano.–Planorbidae, Pota.–Potamonautidae, Rworm.–Round worm, Spha.–Sphaeriidae, Telo.–Teloganodidae, Veli.–Veliidae).
Table 6.
Correlation of physicochemical variables with the axes of canonical correspondence analysis (CCA).