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PURUSHOTTAM GUPTA

Hierarchical organization of stream system and its habitat subsystems

Bed material based stream reach classification of aquatic habitats


BED TYPE
RANGE OF PARTICLE (MM) RELATIVE DENSITY OF FREQUENCY BENTHIC MACRO OF BED INVERTEBRATES MOVEMENT DIVERSITY OF BENTHIC MACROINVERTE BRATES FISH USE OF BED SEDIMENT S

Boulder cobble

64

rare

high

high

Cover, spawning feeding


spawning feeding offchannel fine deposit used for feeding feeding

Gravel pebble cobble sand

2-64 64-256 0.062-2

Rare to periodic Continual

moderate

Moderate

High

Low

Fine material

<0.062

Continual or high rare

low

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