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

Table 4

Secondary production estimates (mean ± SE) for the four functional taxa using the size frequency method.

Taxa	Density	Biomass	Production	P/B
	(no. m^−2 year^−1)	(mg m^−2 year^−1)	(mg m^−2 year^−1)
L. nuburagangai	720 ± 21	306 ± 11	1484 ± 21	4.8
Baetis sp.	1252 ± 28	514 ± 19	4264 ± 23	8.3
C. alagarensis	585 ± 13	185 ± 9	1555 ± 15	8.4
N. biseriata	231 ± 9	97 ± 5	864 ± 11	8.9
F test	3.649 ( = 0.111)
Friedman test	0.5294 ( = 0.004)
Kruskal-Wallis test	0.3371 ( = 0.017)