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1 Consolidated Data on the river Puyo and Piatua Table. Total Macroinvertebrates and percentage in river Puyo and Piatua S.No Name River Puyo % River Piatua % Platyhelminthes-. planarian Cestoda.7 2 Annelida 2. Oligochaeta Hirudinea Crustaceans Amphipoda Isopoda 3.3 Decapoda F.W.Prawn Arachinida 4. Water mite/spider 5 Insecta 5. Coleoptera Larva-Water penny Riffle Beetle Adult Riffle Beetle larva 5..3 Diving Beetle 5.2 Mayflies Or- Ephemeroptera 5.3 Stoneflies-Or- Plecoptera 5.4 CaddisfliesOr Trichoptera Egg cases of Caddisfly 5.5 Odonata Damselflies Dragonflies Megaloptera

2 5.7 Lepidopteraaquatic moths 5.8 Diptera- Chironomidae Hemiptera Gerridae Notonectidae Corixidae Belostomatidae- Spherodema Mollusca 6. Gastropoda Pelecypoda.77 - Total-orders=5 285 Order=- 687 Table.2 Physico chemical characteristic of water in different stations of River Puyo S.No Stations Pindo Mirador Temperature C ph River Puyo Oxygen mg/.l Conductivity mv Oxygen saturation % Picolina 3 University 4 Obrero Union Base Los Americas 7 Fatima 8 Santo Domingo

3 Table.3 Physico chemical characteristics of water in different stations of River Piatua S.No 2 Stations Piatua High Basin 3 Table.4 Piatua 2 Cabin Piatua 3 CIPCA Temperature C ph River Piatua Oxygen mg/.l Conductivity Oxygen saturation % Solids and Coliform count in water in different stations of River Puyo S.No Stations Pindo Mirador 2 Picolina 3 University 4 Obrero 5 Union Base 6 Los Americas 7 Fatima 8 Santo Domingo Suspended solids mg/l Soilds Settleable solids ml/l Coliform count.ml.5ml.ml

4 Table. 5 Solids and coliform count in of water in different stations of River Piatua S.No 2 Stations Piatua High Basin 3 Table.6 Piatua 2 Cabin Piatua 3 CIPCA Solids Suspended solids mg/l Setlleable solids ml/l... Coliform count.ml.5 ml. ml Different metric index in different stations of River Puyo S.No Stations Pindo Mirador River Puyo BI EPT% EPT&C H Ev Picolina University Obrero Union Base 6 Los Americas 7 Fatima 8 Santo Domingo

5 Table.7 Different metric index in different stations of River Piatua S.No 2 Stations Piatua High Basin 3 Piatua 2 Cabin Piatua 3 CIPCA River Piatua BI EPT% EPT&C H Ev Fig. % of Different orders of insects in river Puyo,78,5,63,77,7 2,87, planarian 2,8 2,2 Cestoda 6,84 3,3 9,96 Oligochaeta Hirudinea Crustaceans 7,39 Coleoptera Ephemeroptera 7,78 Plecoptera Trichoptera Odonata 5,9 Megaloptera Diptera-

6 Biotic index Fig.2 % of Different orders of Insects in river Piatua,58,6,29 2,9 planarian 4,65 8,58 7,42 Oligochaeta,3 Coleoptera Ephemeroptera 9,2 Plecoptera Trichoptera Odonata 5,28 48,76 Megaloptera Diptera- Hemiptera Gastropoda Fig Biotic Index in different stations of River Puyo y = -,4x + 4,57 R² =, Series Different stations Fig.4

7 H' EPT & C Index EPT Index EPT Index in different stations of river Puyo y = -,4547x + 65,72 R² =,478 Series Different stations Fig.5,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2, EPT&C Index in differnt station of river Puyo y =,6x +,7552 R² =,63 Series Different stations Fig.6 2,5 2,5,5 H'in different stations of river Puyo y =,6x +,939 R² =,53 Series Different stations

8 BI values Values of different metrics H max Fig.7,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2, H max in different stations of river Puyo y =,29x +,6438 R² =,269 Series different stations Fig consolidated metrics of River Puyo y = -,4547x + 65,72 R² =,478 BI EPT EPT &C H' Hmax Different station Fig.9 3,9 3,8 3,7 3,6 3,5 3,4 3,3 3,2 BI in river Piatua y = -,4x + 3,563 R² =,45 Piatua H.Basin Piatua 2 Cabin Piatua 3CIPCA Different stations in river Piatua

9 H' values EPT&C values EPT values Fig EPT in river Piatua y = -,645x + 74,5 R² =,57 Piatua H.Basin Piatua 2 Cabin Piatua 3CIPCA Different stations in river Piayua Fig.,96,94,92,9,88,86,84,82,8 EPT&C in river Piatua y = -,35x +,973 R² =,5576 Piatua H.Basin Piatua 2 Cabin Piatua 3CIPCA Different stations in river Piatua Fig.2,45,4,35,3 H' in river Piatua y = -,6x +,3893 R² =,579,25 Piatua H.Basin Piatua 2 Cabin Piatua 3CIPCA different station in river Piatua

10 values of different metrics Hmax values Fig.3,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2, Hmax in river Piatua y =,235x +,7623 R² =,69 Piatua H.Basin Piatua 2 Cabin Piatua 3CIPCA Different station in river Piatua Fig consolidated metric in river Piatua y = -6,7446x + 34,26 R² =,58 BI EPT EPT&C H' Hmax Different metric Piatua H.Basin Piatua 2 Cabin Piatua 3CIPCA

11 EPT in % EPT in % Fig.5 % of EPT in River Puyo y = -33,75x + 99,68 R² =,7566 Ephemeroptera Plecoptera Trichoptera EPT Orders Fig.6 % of EPT in River Piatua y = -27,9x + 87,7 R² =,8647 Ephemeroptera Plecoptera Trichoptera EPT Orders

12 Settleable solids im ml/l suspended solids in mg/l Fig.7,25,2,5 Suspended solids in different sampling stations of river Puyo y =,7x +,96 R² =,945,,5 Different stations Fig.8,2,8 Settleable soild in different stations y =,393x +,586 of river Puyo R² =,672,6,4,2 Different stations in river Puyo

13 settleable soild in ml/l suspended solids in mg/l Fig.9,2,8,6,4,2,,8,6,4,2 Suspended solid in different sampling stations of river Piatua y =,55x -,3 R² =,6429 Piatua H.Basin Piatua 2.Cabin Piatua 2,CIPCA Different stations in river Piatua Fig.2,2,8 Settleable solid in different sampling stations of river Piatua,6,4,2 y = R² = #N/A Piatua H.Basin Piatua 2.Cabin Piatua 2,CIPCA Different stations of river Piatua

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