Whose Legs are in the Water? Parsing out Community Composition and Turnover Rates of Plecoptera, Trichoptera, and Ephemeroptera

Authors

Sarah Walker, Brigham Young University
Dr. C. Riley Nelson, Brigham Young University

Keywords

community composition, turnover rates, plecoptera, trichoptera, ephemeroptera

College

Life Sciences

Department

Biology

Abstract

Many beta diversity indicies, like most analytical tools in ecology, abstract the known relative abundances and species presence into outputs primarily useful for obtaining p-values and little else. Therefore, the purposes of this proposed beta diversity method were to simplify currently used similarity analyses for visualization and quantification of beta diversity, investigate its use in seasonal succession and other gradients in communities, and demonstrate an application of these methods in terms of both taxonomic and functional richness.

Recommended Citation

Walker, Sarah and Nelson, Dr. C. Riley (2013) "Whose Legs are in the Water? Parsing out Community Composition and Turnover Rates of Plecoptera, Trichoptera, and Ephemeroptera," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 1078.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/1078