Figure 1. Survey site of water quality and benthic macroinvertebrates in Yeongsan River.
Figure 2. Ecological isotopic niche space of benthic macroinvrtebrates in June (a) and August (b) at the upper and lower area of Seongchon Weir.
Figure 3. Average population density of benthic macroinvrtebrates in June (a) and August (b) at the upper and lower area of Seongchon Weir.
Table 1. Summary of benthic macroinvertebrates index.
Table 2. Water quality of the survey site at June and August
Table 3. Species of benthic macroinvertebrates analyzed for ecological niche space
Table 4. Ecological isotopic niche space of benthic macroinvrtebrates in seongchon weir (Yeongsan River)
Table 5. Average diversity index (H’) and average Benthic Macroinvrtebrates Index (BMI) of benthic 5 macroinvrtebrates at the upper and lower area of Seongchon Weir.
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