Invertebrate Community Structure in a Freshwater Pond on Mayreau Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies

Authors

  • David Bass Department of Biology, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, 73034, USA.
  • Mark de Silva Mayreau Environmental Development Organization, c/o P.O. Box 860, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Keywords:

Freshwater invertebrates, Grenandines, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean island, Mayreau, pond

Abstract

A survey of macroinvertebrates inhabiting Canash Pond on the small island of Mayreau in the Grenadines was conducted between 2007 and 2009. Forty-four freshwater invertebrate taxa were collected from this small natural pond and three other species were found in a nearby temporary pool. Odonates, hemipterans, coleopterans, and dipterans were the most abundant groups present. All taxa are being reported from Mayreau and this group of small Grenadine Islands for the first time.

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Published

2010-12-31

Issue

Living World 2010

Section

Research Papers