Water quality in New Zealand’s planted forests: a review

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Table 2 Range of key characteristics of aquatic invertebrate communities located in New Zealand streams bounded by mature planted forest ¹

	Aquatic invertebrate attribute
	Mean density (no. m ⁻² )	Taxa richness	No. EPT ² taxa	% EPT	MCI ³	QMCI ⁴
Range	250 - 6540	11 - 50	13 - 65	17 - 90	100 - 130	4.2 - 8.1

¹Baillie et al. 2005; Baillie 2011; Collier and Bowman 2003; Collier and Halliday 2000; Death et al. 2003; Friberg and Winterbourn 1997; Harding and Winterbourn 1995; Parkyn et al. 2006; Quinn et al. 1997; Quinn et al. 2004; Shearer and Young 2011; Stark and Maxted 2007; Townsend et al. 1997.
²EPT: Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera.
³MCI: Macroinvertebrate Community Index.
⁴QMCI: Quantitative Macroinvertebrate Community Index.