The classification and prediction of macroinvertebrate communities in British rivers

Wright, J.F. and Armitage, P.D. and Furse, M.T. and Moss, D. (1985) The classification and prediction of macroinvertebrate communities in British rivers. In: Fifty-third annual report for the year ended 31st March 1985. Ambleside, UK, Freshwater Biological Association, pp. 80-93. (Annual Report, Freshwater Biological Association, Ambleside)

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Abstract

This article describes the progress of the River Communities Project which commenced in 1977. This project aimed to develop a sensitive and practical system for river site classification using macroinvertebrates as an objective means of appraising the status of British rivers. The relationship between physical and chemical features of sites and their biological communities were examined. Sampling was undertaken on 41 British rivers. Ordination techniques were used to analyze data and the sites were classified into 16 groups using multiple discrimination analysis. The potential for using the environmental data to predict to which group a site belonged and the fauna likely to be present was investigated.

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