Assemblage Trait diversity category Traits Units
Fish Body size maximum length cm
Recruitment and life-history eggs parental care (i) yes, (ii) no
larval parental care (i) yes, (ii) no
reproduction mode (i) viviparous, (ii) oviparous
fecundity mode (i) internal, (ii) external
Resource and habitat use
feeding modes
(i) piscivore, (ii) omnivore, (iii) detritivore, (iv) herbivore, (v) insectivore, (vi) invertivore
mouth position
(i) subterminal, (ii) terminal, (iii) superior, (iv) low
position in water
(i) pelagic, (ii) benthopelagic, (iv) benthic
Arthropods Body size maximum length cm
Recruitment and life-history
respiration mode
(i) air, (ii) branchial, (iii) integumentary, (iv) plastron, (v) stigmata
reproduction cycle (i) univoltine, (ii) semivoltine, (iii) plurivoltine
refuge use
(i) networks, (ii) sand and debris, (iii) wood, (iv) builders, (v) no refuge
Resource and habitat use
feeding mode
(i) shredders, (ii) predators, (iii) scrapers, (iv) collector-gatheres, (v) collector-filtering, (vi) piercers
habitat use
(i) burrowers, (ii) climbers, (iii) skaters, (iv) skaters, (v) sprawlers, (vi) swimmers
Macrophytes Body size plant vegetative height m
Recruitment and life-history seed dry mass mg
propagation mode (i) seed/ spore, (ii) mostly by seed/spore, also vegetatively, (iii) by seed/spore and vegetatively, (iv) mostly vegetatively, also by seed/spore, (v) vegetatively
main dispersal agent (i) passive, (ii) wind, (iii) water, (iv) animals (v) wind+water, (vi) wind+animals, (vii) water+animals, (viii) wind+water+animals
plant phenology (i) perennial, (ii) annual/short-lived perennial
Resource and habitat use growth form (i) submerged, (ii) emergent, (iii) free-floating, (iv) rooted-floating
leaf compoundness (i) simple, (ii) compound
leaf area mm²/mg-1
specific leaf area mm²/mg-1