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Table 1 Changes in estimated community metrics over the study period (2000–2014); metrics highlighted as “italic” were identified to significantly change over time

From: Do changes in temperature affect EU Water Framework Directive compliant assessment results of central European streams?

Metric family

Full name

Short name

Estimate

Respective increase or decrease

Std. Error

z value

p

R2/cR2

Air Temperature

AirT

0.01493

− 0.18 °C

0.004008

− 3.725

< 0.001

0.29/0.48

Composition/Abundance

Total Abundance

TAbund

3.21e−02

48.9%

4.592e−03

6.981

< 0.001

0.09/0.99

EPTCBO %

EPTCBO %

2.75e−02

39.3%

2.572e−03

10.040

< 0.001

0.01/0.04

EPT %

EPT_perc %

2.89e−03

4.34%

1.222e−02

0.238

0.812.

0.04/0.25

Ephemeroptera  %

E %_perc

− 0.018

− 26.4%

6.472e−3

− 2.747

0.006

0.01/0.01

Plecoptera  %

P %_perc

1.82e−02

27.5%

9.688e−03

1.877

< 0.001

0.13/0.43

Trichoptera  %

T %_perc

1.31e−02

16.6%

5.773e−−03

1.902

< 0.030

0.02/0.18

Coleoptera  %

Col %_perc

0.002

2.3%

0.007

− 0.205

0.837

0.01/0.22

Bivalvia  %

Biv %_perc

4.635e−03

6.9%

1.850e−02

− 0.251

0.802

0.12/0.66

Odonata %

Odo %_perc

5.41e−02

83.4%

3.067e−02

1.764

0.178

0.18/0.62

Hirudinea  %

Hir %_perc

− 4.60e−02

− 60.8%

1.311e−02

− 6.876

< 0.001

0.12/0.42

Gastropoda  %

Gas %_perc

− 2.520e−02

− 37.3%

1.212e−02

− 2.079

< 0.05

0.03/0.45

Diptera  %

Dip %_perc

− 0.0,101,269

− 15.1%

0.005

− 1.878

< 0.05

0.01/0.27

Crustacea  %

Crust %

1.159e−02

17.5%

9.329e−03

1.242

0.214

0.13/0.55

Richenss/Diversity

Number of Taxa

Num_Tax

1.52e−02

22.989%

1.426e−03

10.665

< 0.001

0.10/0.69

Number of Families

Num_Fam

1.153e−02

17.395%

1.266e−03

9.113

< 0.001

0.08/0.30

Shannon Diversity Index

Shan

8.747e−04

1.312%

3.677e−03

0.238

0.812

0.00/0.00

Simpson Diversity Index

Simpson

1.953e−04

0.293%

6.016e−03

0.032

0.974

0.00/0.00

Margalef richness

Margalef

1.232e−02

18.594%

2.405e−03

5.121

< 0.001

0.04/0.04

Evenness

Evenness

− 8.073e−04

− 1.211%

6.171e−03

− 0.131

0.896

0.00/0.00

Tolerance/Sensitivity

German Saprobic Index

GSI

− 2.000e−03

− 3.00%

4.060e−04

− 4.925

< 0.001

0.26/0.89

Saprobic Index—Zelinka and Marvan

SI_ZM

− 2.763e−03

− 2.912%

1.358e−03

9.626

< 0.001

0.01/0.01

Biological monitoring working party Score

BMWP Score

1.308e−02

19.749%

1.358e−03

9.631

< 0.001

0.12/0.92

Average Score per Taxon

ASPT

3.329e−03

4.289%

2.345e−03

1.217

0.224

0.01/0.01

Index of biocoenotic region

IBCR

4.142e−04

0.621%

2.833e−03

0.146

0.884

0.01/0.01

Abundance weighted Community Temperature Index

CTIab

− 0.030

− 0.44 °C

0.005

− 6.187

< 0.001

3.95e−06/2.42e-05

Functional group percentage

Percentage of active filter feeder

ActFilFeed %

11.404e−02

21.2%

6.671e−03

2.105

< 0.05

0.03/0.17

Percentage of passive filter feeder

PasFilFeed %

− 3.571e−02

− 52.6%

7.367e−03

− 4.847

< 0.001

0.01/0.26

Percentage of gatherers and collectors

GathCol %

4.074e−03

6.1%

1.705e−0

0.239

0.811

0.00/0.03

Percentage of grazers and scrapers

GrazScra %

− 1.336e−02

− 19.9%

2.978e−03

− 4.487

< 0.001

0.01/0.06

Percentage of predators

Pred %

0.002

3.5%

0.004

0.657

< 0.001

0.01/0.04

Percentage of shredders

Shred %

2.690e−02

40.9%

4.999e−03

5.380

< 0.001

0.01/0.18

Others

Multimetric Index

MMI

0.019

29.3%

0.012

1.569

< 0.001

0.26/0.88

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