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<strong>Chapter</strong> 1<br />

Macroinvertebrates: effect of the sampling protocol<br />

An analysis of the variance was performed to compare the number of families and the values<br />

of the IBMWP and IASPT, for both protocol and habitats, using each sampling team as<br />

replicates (n=4). According to the results, there are not significant differences between Protocol<br />

1 and 2 in the IBMWP and IASPT indices (p=0.4884 and p=0.5924) (see Figure 3). Either, the<br />

total number of families found did not show differences between protocols (p=0.4832) or<br />

habitats (p(pools)=0.8351 and p(riffles)=0.7608).<br />

IBMWP<br />

IASPT<br />

250<br />

200<br />

150<br />

100<br />

50<br />

100<br />

8<br />

6<br />

4<br />

2<br />

0<br />

Protocol 1<br />

Protocol 2<br />

G1 G2 G3 G4<br />

G1 G2 G3 G4<br />

Figure 3. IBMWP and IASPT values following Protocols 1 and 2.<br />

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