
%0 Journal Article
%A Marchant, R 
%A Lillywhite, P 
%T Survey of stream invertebrate communities on Macquarie Island
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1994/06/01
%V 45
%N 4
%P 471-481
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9940471
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF9940471 
%X In all, 15 sites on 12 streams were kick-sampled for invertebrates. Eleven fully aquatic taxa were found: a species of Iais (Isopoda: Janiridae); six species of oligochaetes (three enchytraeids, one tubificid, one naidid, one phreodrilid); a harpacticoid copepod; two nematode taxa; and Minona amnica, a turbellarian. Composition of this depauperate community changed littlebetween sites, although one site disturbed by penguins had clearly fewer taxa. Aquatic insects (and fish) were absent, apart from three species of semi-aquatic Diptera that occurred very sparsely. In terms of biomass, the streams were dominated by the oligochaetes. 
