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).
| Taxa | Functional group | Gut contents (%) | Number of specimens examined | Plant detritus | FPOM | Diatoms | Animal detritus |
| L. nuburagangai | Shredder | 28 ± 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | Baetis sp. | Scraper | 34 ± 5.8 | 0 | 51 ± 8.5 | 0 | 32 | C. alagarensis | Collector | 0 | 85 ± 11.5 | 9 ± 1.9 | 0 | 25 | N. biseriata | Predator | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 ± 1.4 | 28 |
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