Abiotic factors controlling species richness, diversity, and abundance in the Bromeliad Hohenbergia Polycephala (Bromeliaceae)

We investigated invertebrate communities of aquatic microcosms created by leaf axils of the bromeliad plant Hohenbergia polycephata in order to detect abiotic and biotic determinants of species richness, diversity, and abundance. We found a total of 15 species from 83 invertebrate communities formed in tanks on 36 bromeliad plants on the north coast of Jamaica. Tank volume, depth, temperature, dissolved oxygen concentration, and levels of leaf …