Ecological parameter: respiration

Parameter group: life & body related parameters

Explanation:
The type of respiration reflects different strategies for oxygen uptake. The categories are partly based on Tachet et al. (2000).

Tachet, H., Richoux, P., Bournaud, M. & Usseglio-Polatera, P. 2000. Invertébrés d'eau douce: systématique, biologie, écologie. CNRS Editions, Paris, 588 pp.

Type of assignment: presence/absence assignment system ()
A description of the coding system can be found here  Abbreviations/Coding Systems

Abbreviations:

Category name:	Abbreviations:	Explanation:
tegument	teg	respiration through the body surface
gill	gil	respiration using special respiration organs
plastron	pls	respiration using a thin layer of air around the body
spiracle (aerial)	spi	respiration using small openings on the body surface
hydrostatic vesicle (aerial)	ves	respiration using air within a small blister
tapping of air stores of aquatic plants	tap	respiration using air stores of aquatic plants
extension/excursion to surface	sur	respiration of atmospheric oxygen

Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit:

Taxagroup	Number of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage
Ephemeroptera	344 / 353 - 97.4%
Odonata	166 / 174 - 95.4%
Plecoptera	571 / 576 - 99.1%
Trichoptera	1267 / 1439 - 88%