A Comparison of Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Communities on Small Caribbean Islands

M uch still remains unknown about the freshwater invertebrates of the Lesser Antilles and other small Caribbean islands. While some groups have been studied, such as shrimps and crabs (Chace and Hobbs 1969), dragonflies and damselflies Where data from previous investigations exist, they are often limited in scope (Hynes 1971 Furthermore, additional collections may extend ranges of known species or uncover new species