Research Article

Life Cycle and Secondary Production of Four Species from Functional Feeding Groups in a Tropical Stream of South India

Table 3

The gut contents of functional feeding groups (mean ± SE).

TaxaFunctional groupGut contents (%)Number of specimens examined
Plant detritusFPOMDiatomsAnimal detritus

L. nuburagangai Shredder28 ± 000025
Baetis sp.Scraper34 ± 5.8051 ± 8.5032
C. alagarensis Collector085 ± 11.59 ± 1.9025
N. biseriata Predator00014 ± 1.428