Table 3. Survey of the clusters and their ecological significances
group | ecology of the group | cluster | trophic level | other differences | number of constant species | average nr. of species | nr. of samples |
1 | oligotropic | 1-A 1-B 1-C |
O O O |
small pools (atmophytic) (small) pools lakes |
12 17 23 |
13 18 23 |
8 9 15 |
2 | oligo-mesotrophic | 2-A | OM | 35 | 34 | 12 | |
3 | mesotrophic, shallow, peoiodic desiccation, fluctuating conductivity |
3-A 3-B 3-C |
pM M rM |
30 47 58 |
33 47 35 |
17 11 20 |
|
4 | meso- to meso-eutropic, permanently wet | 4-A 4-B 4-C |
pM M ME |
55 52 30 |
54 50 38 |
17 34 22 |
|
5 | meso-eutrophic + dry or eutrophic | 5-A 5-B |
ME E |
Campylium sgueeze springs |
26 6 |
18 11 |
O OM pM M rM ME E |
oligotrophic oligo-mesotrophic poor mesotrophic mesotrophic rich mesotrophic meso-eutrophic eutrophic |