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The Variation of Size Distributions of Benthic Communities Across a Range of Irrigating Ponds and Canals of North Yorkshire, UK

The Variation of Size Distributions of Benthic Communities Across a Range of Irrigating Ponds and Canals of North Yorkshire, UK

Hamida Bibi1*, Dave Rraffaelli2 and Muhammad Sharif1

1Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; 2Department of Environment, The University of York, United Kingdom.

 
*Correspondence | Hamida Bibi, Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; Email: [email protected]

Figure 1:

The study sites of ponds and canals.

Figure 2:

Biological monitoring party (BMWP) scores.

Figure 3:

Average score per Taxon (ASPT).

Figure 4:

The relationship between ASPT and BMWP at different sites of irrigating water bodies.

Figure 6:

Frequency histograms of body mass distributions.

Figure 7:

The fitted density distributions for body sizes derived by kernel density estimation and bootstrapped re-sampling.

Figure 8:

The relationships between biotic indices (BMWP and ASPT) as water quality and number of modes (determined by Kernel Density Estimation (KDE).

Figure 5:

The relationship between conductivity and ASPT for different irrigating water courses.

Sarhad Journal of Agriculture

December

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56, Iss. 6, pp. 2501-3000

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