| Sampling Sites (Distance from smelter) |
Shannon-Wiener Index |
Simpson's Index of Diversity |
Species Richness |
Evenness |
| Tree Species |
|
|
|
|
| Eroded/Disturbed(0-5 km) |
0.52a |
0.76a |
4.67a |
0.36a |
| Stable upland(5-15 km) |
1.13b |
0.40b |
5.33a |
0.70b |
| Reference(>15 km) |
0.97ab |
0.54ab |
7.67a |
0.50ab |
| Ground Cover |
|
|
|
|
| Eroded/Disturbed(0-5 km) |
0.97a |
0.42a |
4.00a |
0.70a |
| Stable upland(5-15 km) |
1.62a |
0.29a |
9.00b |
0.74a |
| Reference(>15 km) |
1.39a |
0.32a |
6.00ab |
0.78a |
|
| Means in columns with a common alphabets are not significantly different based on Tukey multiple comparison test (P ≥ 0.05). Eroded/Disturbed sites: Airport,Wahnapitae Hydro-Dam and Kelly Lake; Stable upland sites: Kingsway, Kukagami and Laurentian; Reference sites: Onaping Falls, Capreol and Hagar. |
| Table 4: Ecological diversity analysis for tree species and ground cover from various sites in the GSR. |
