Research Article

Diversity of Fish Species in relation to Climatological Fluctuations in a Coastal River of Bangladesh

Table 2

The species status of the Sandha river of Bangladesh using different diversity indexes.

No. of speciesShannonDominanceSimpsonMargalefEvenness

Stations
Station 1623.7270.0310.9698.6940.670
Station 2673.8660.0260.9749.6080.712
Station 3663.8450.0270.9739.3750.709
Station 4663.8170.0270.9739.3260.689
Station 5653.7560.0310.9699.3330.658

Months
July663.8590.0270.97310.4500.719
August643.7760.0280.97210.2500.682
September623.7630.0310.9699.9890.695
October573.7220.0290.9719.2570.726
November583.7480.0280.9729.4670.731
December543.6850.0310.9699.0260.738
January603.8030.0270.9739.9550.747
February593.7280.0300.9709.6930.705
March543.7700.0270.9738.8950.803
April583.7160.0310.9699.4520.709
May573.6900.0320.9689.3010.703
June643.7700.0310.96910.0700.678

Note: Shannon: Shannon-Wiener diversity index; Dominance: Simpson’s dominance index; Simpson: Simpson’s diversity index; Margalef: Margalef’s richness index; Evenness: Buzas and Gibson’s evenness index.