Traits Groups
Morphology - Includes body size, body shape, body armoring, respiration mode, morphological adaptations (suckers, friction, hooks, silk, ballast, hairy), and attachment.
Life history - Includes emergence behavior, timing of emergence, synchronization of emergence, oviposition behavior, fecundity, egg type, voltinism, development speed, adult lifespan, hatch time, ability to exit, and ability to survive desiccation.
Resource Acquisition Preference - Includes functional feeding group, habit, rheophily, current preference, microhabitat substrate preference, and lateral and vertical habitat position in water column.
Mobility - Includes occurrence in drift, larval and adult dispersal distances, flying strength, crawl rate and swimming ability.