Distribution pattern of black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) assemblages along an altitudinal gradient in Peninsular Malaysia

Ya’cob, Zubaidah; Takaoka, Hiroyuki; Pramual, Pairot; Low, Van Lun; Sofian-Azirun, Mohd

doi:10.1186/s13071-016-1492-7

Table 5 Physicochemical characteristics of all study sites presented as mean and coefficient of variation (CV)

From: Distribution pattern of black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) assemblages along an altitudinal gradient in Peninsular Malaysia

Altitude/Site		Parameter	Temperature (°C)	Width (m)	Depth (m)	Velocity (m/s)	Conductivity (mS/cm)	Do (mg/l)	pH	Discharge (m³/s)
Low altitudes	E1	mean	25.03	0.89	0.14	0.42	0.15	4.84	6.51	0.07
		CV	4.89	106.67	47.46	14.73	19.77	76.62	10.8	157.53
	E2	mean	24.13	5.38	0.18	0.47	0.20	5.54	6.79	0.47
		CV	3.12	16.83	31.99	27.11	18.72	68.29	8.88	55.1
	E3	mean	24.26	5.7	0.16	0.44	0.18	5.67	6.93	0.41
		CV	11.24	28.31	42.37	21.51	23.96	71.67	12.39	73.48
	E4	mean	22.55	3.15	0.19	0.65	0.14	5.37	6.99	0.36
		CV	5.09	49.38	39.05	32.43	11.39	53.42	11.00	61.65
	E5	mean	23.92	0.61	0.12	0.59	0.44	5.94	6.85	0.04
		CV	4.12	30.35	34.65	21.93	16.23	33.45	9.65	52.67
	E6	mean	23.39	0.88	0.1	0.52	0.45	5.84	7.21	0.05
		CV	5.33	30.8	59.13	30.36	21.99	30.43	8.08	78.22
Middle altitudes	E7	mean	21.68	1.64	0.22	0.53	0.34	5.54	7.31	0.23
		CV	5.91	38.3	66.78	17.85	18.73	39.59	6.62	130.2
	E8	mean	21.55	0.52	0.05	0.34	0.60	5.48	7.34	0.01
		CV	4.09	38.99	29.14	23.56	13.75	38.92	7.12	53.62
	E9	mean	20.21	1.81	0.14	0.52	0.33	6.35	7.24	0.15
		CV	5.15	50.59	41.25	31.59	14.7	35.53	7.80	84.73
	E10	mean	20.42	0.93	0.14	0.38	0.25	7.52	7.52	0.07
		CV	2.98	61.12	44.8	6.00	50.00	7.63	5.13	73.4
	E11	mean	19.36	0.37	0.09	0.35	0.43	5.18	7.06	0.01
		CV	3.97	57.45	88.63	23.1	25.51	43.15	8.04	116.13
High altitudes	E12	mean	17.71	0.56	0.09	0.34	0.17	3.89	7.00	0.02
		CV	5.69	38.44	41.64	24.44	49.45	59.67	8.67	75.36
	E13	mean	18.65	3.07	0.07	0.67	0.53	6.27	7.19	0.16
		CV	6.46	49.6	103.01	23.95	24.91	29.87	12.35	134.23
	E14	mean	18.34	0.73	0.05	0.39	0.23	6.49	6.72	0.01
		CV	4.13	15.05	34.01	42.18	18.2	18.95	11.36	54.31
	E15	mean	17.22	3.17	0.22	0.54	0.18	5.94	6.79	0.37
		CV	4.93	20.22	24.45	25.36	33.85	34.93	9.76	50.13
	E16	mean	17.9	1.03	0.15	0.42	0.33	5.66	6.65	0.09
		CV	6.72	127.76	43.18	28.77	51.06	32.39	10.53	194.76
	E17	mean	17.99	0.62	0.14	0.33	0.18	5.23	6.56	0.02
		CV	6.57	37.14	174.22	36.32	33.86	42.58	9.21	117.08
	E18	mean	17.39	1.35	0.06	0.37	0.71	4.31	6.49	0.03
		CV	8.09	129.59	38.68	69.16	93.68	61.94	8.78	154.23

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