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Table 4 Insects and other organisms removed as “trash” on sitea

From: Processing insect abundance: trading and fishing of zazamushi in Central Japan (Nagano Prefecture, Honshū Island)

 

From the four-hand netb

From the grader

Class

Order

Family

Species

No. of individuals (%)

Wet weight (%)

No. of individuals (%)

Wet weight (%)

Insects

Ephemeroptera

Potamanthidae

 

0.02

0.01

  

Baetidae

 

0.33

0

0.5

0.01

  

Ephemerellidae

 

29

36.67

35

46.51

  

Heptageniidae

 

15.5

37.63

11.9

16.9

 

Plecoptera

Perlidae

 

0.16

0.6

0.15

0.9

  

Taeniopterygidae

 

0.02

0

  

Nemouridae

 

0.02

0

  

Capniidae

 

  

Others

 

0.02

0

 

Hemiptera

Aphelocheiridae

 

0.04

0.92

 

Megaloptera

Corydalidae

Protohermes grandis

0.02

0.02

 

Trichoptera

Hydropsychidae

 

5.33

4.94

5.23

4.65

  

Stenopsychidae

Stenopsyche marmorata

0.16

3.86

0.19

1.98

  

Rhyacophilidae

 

1

0.24

1.4

1.21

  

Others

 

0.33

0.12

0.21

0.1

 

Coleoptera

Elmidae

 

0.08

0

  

Psephenidae

 

7.83

10.73

6.97

16.02

 

Diptera

  

40.33

5.18

38.13

11.57

    

Total: 600

Total: 8.29 g

Total: 5192

Total: 74.08 g

Crustacea

Amphipoda

  

6

0.16

Annelida

Oligochaeta

    

1

0.01

Platyhelminthes

Tubellaria

  

1

0.03

9

0.02

Pisces

  

Rhinogobius flumineus

1

0.13

2

0.49

Total debris/detritus weight (wet):

91.25 g

578.57 g (Est.)

Total weight (wet):

99.7 g

723.02 g (Est.)

Debris/detritus weight (%):

91.52

80.02 (Est.)

Insects and other organisms' weight (%):

8.47

19.97 (Est.)

  1. aUnwanted or sometimes non-visible organisms removed with inanimate matter (debris, detritus)
  2. bWe give here the results of one catch (less than 2 min of fishing). The fisherman did four catches in total (before pouring the harvest on the first sieve of the grader)