Ecological Archives E087-057-A2

Christopher F. Steiner, Zachary T. Long, Jennifer A. Krumins, and Peter J. Morin. 2006. Population and community resilience in multitrophic communities. Ecology 87:996–1007.

Appendix B. Species combinations for each of the 12 composition treatments. Numbers refer to the composition treatment in which a given species was found. Low, medium and high diversity compositions contained one, two or four species from each trophic group, respectively.


   

Diversity treatment level


Trophic Group

Species

Low

Medium

High


Algae

Ankistrodesmus

 

7

9,11,12

 

Chlorella

3

5

9,10

 

Chrysopsis

 

6,7

12

 

Clamydomonas

2

 

11

 

Cyclotella

 

5

9,10,11

 

Euglena gracilis

4

6,8

9,10,11,12

 

Unknown Diatom sp.

1

8

 

Algivores/Bacterivores

Colpidium striatum

4

 

10

 

Frontonia

2

5

12

 

Gastropus

 

8

 
 

Lepadella

 

6

9,11

 

Monostyla

 

7

9,10

 

Paramecium aurelia

 

5

10,11

 

Paramecium caudatum

3

 

9,11,12

 

Paramecium tetraurelia

 

6,8

 
 

Rotaria

 

7

10,11,12

 

Stylonychia

1

 

9,12


Bacterivores

Chilomonas

 

6,7

11

 

Coleps

4

5

11

 

Colpoda cucullus

2

8

10,11

 

Colpoda inflata

 

5

12

 

Gastrotrich sp.

   

9,10

 

Loxocephalus

 

7,8

 
 

Spirostomum ambiguum

   

9,12

 

Tetrahymena pyriformis

   

10,11

 

Tetrahymena thermophila

3

 

9,12

 

Tilinia

 

6

 
 

Unknown Protist sp.

1

 

9,10,12


Omnivorous Top Predators

Actinosphaerium

 

6

9,10,12

 

Amoeba sp.

 

6

9,11

 

Blepharisma americanum

2

 

12

 

Didinium

   

10,12

 

Dileptus

4

6

10,12

 

Euplotes

3

7

10

 

Oxytricha

 

5,7

 
 

Stentor coeruleus

 

8

9,10

 

Tetrahymena vorax

1

8

9,11




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