Table 1 Relative abundance of freshwater snail fauna in the Omo-Gibe River Basin, southwest Ethiopia
Snail species | Habitat type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
River (n = 100) | Wetland (n = 10) | Lake (n = 10) | Dam (n = 5) | Irrigation canal (n = 5) | Total | |
Biomphalaria pfeifferi | 1968 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2072 |
B. sudanica | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Lymnaea natalensis | 447 | 185 | 25 | 15 | 75 | 747 |
Bulinus globosus | 95 | 23 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 148 |
Bu. forskalii | 115 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 |
Total | 2632 | 299 | 57 | 15 | 104 | 3107 |