Table 4 Linear r² values indicating the degree of fit between individual stream habitat and biotic variables and NMDS models for 22 South Fork Whitewater River, Minnesota, USA stream sites based on either fish or aquatic invertebrate communities

Blacknose dace

0.302*

Gammarus

0.575**

Creek chub

0.721**

Baetis

0.883**

White sucker

0.423*

Brachycentrus

0.499*

Johnny darter

0.375*

Hydropsyche

0.867**

Longnose dace

0.284*

Optioservus

0.347*

Common shiner

0.461*

Chironomidae

0.702**

Sand shiner

0.302*

Simulium

0.446*

Central stoneroller

0.512*

Limnophora

0.432*

Brown trout

0.586**

Slimy sculpin

0.941**

Stream width

0.494*

Stream width

0.599**

% Fines

0.606**

% Riffle

0.322*

Embeddedness

0.429*

Buffer width

0.323*

% Riffle

0.282*

Bank rocks

0.279*

Buffer width

0.706**

Bank forbs

0.345*

Bank rocks

0.759**