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 |
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Trophic Group |
Species |
Low |
Medium |
High |
Algae |
Ankistrodesmus |
7 |
9,11,12 |
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Chlorella |
3 |
5 |
9,10 |
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Chrysopsis |
6,7 |
12 |
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Clamydomonas |
2 |
11 |
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Cyclotella |
5 |
9,10,11 |
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Euglena gracilis |
4 |
6,8 |
9,10,11,12 |
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Unknown Diatom sp. |
1 |
8 |
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Algivores/Bacterivores |
Colpidium striatum |
4 |
10 |
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Frontonia |
2 |
5 |
12 |
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Gastropus |
8 |
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Lepadella |
6 |
9,11 |
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Monostyla |
7 |
9,10 |
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Paramecium aurelia |
5 |
10,11 |
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Paramecium caudatum |
3 |
9,11,12 |
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Paramecium tetraurelia |
6,8 |
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Rotaria |
7 |
10,11,12 |
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Stylonychia |
1 |
9,12 |
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Bacterivores |
Chilomonas |
6,7 |
11 |
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Coleps |
4 |
5 |
11 |
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Colpoda cucullus |
2 |
8 |
10,11 |
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Colpoda inflata |
5 |
12 |
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Gastrotrich sp. |
9,10 |
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Loxocephalus |
7,8 |
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Spirostomum ambiguum |
9,12 |
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Tetrahymena pyriformis |
10,11 |
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Tetrahymena thermophila |
3 |
9,12 |
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Tilinia |
6 |
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Unknown Protist sp. |
1 |
9,10,12 |
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Omnivorous Top Predators |
Actinosphaerium |
6 |
9,10,12 |
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Amoeba sp. |
6 |
9,11 |
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Blepharisma americanum |
2 |
12 |
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Didinium |
10,12 |
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Dileptus |
4 |
6 |
10,12 |
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Euplotes |
3 |
7 |
10 |
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Oxytricha |
5,7 |
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Stentor coeruleus |
8 |
9,10 |
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Tetrahymena vorax |
1 |
8 |
9,11 |
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