Ecological Archives E087-170-A2

Blake Matthews and Asit Mazumder. 2006. Habitat specialization and exploitation of allochthonous carbon by zooplankton. Ecology 87:2800–2812.

Appendix B. Summary isotopic data for zooplankton in Council Lake.

TABLE B1. Seasonal averages (SE) for plankton from the entire sampling period 14 February 2002 to 17 March 2003. Range is reported for daily averages.

 

δ13CLE

δ13C

Range
δ13CLE, δ13C

C:N

Range
C:N

N

Chaoborus trivittatus

-31.8 (0.4)

-32.7 (0.5)

3.0, 2.9

5.1 (0.3)

2.4

28

Epischura nevadensis

-31.5 (0.2)

-32.2 (0.2)

6.6, 7.4

5.0 (0.1)

1.7

10

Leptodiaptomus tyrelli

-36.4 (0.2)

-38.4 (0.3)

4.5, 5.7

6.3 (0.3)

3.0

15

Holopedium gibberum

-32.2 (0.3)

-34.1 (0.4)

7.2, 8.0

6.2 (0.2)

2.9

18

Daphnia pulex

-36.6 (0.4)

-38.2 (0.4)

8.2, 8.4

7.0 (0.2)

3.1

28

D. pulex (>1.8 mm)

-37.1 (0.2)

-39.8 (0.2)

6.3, 6.9

7.3 (0.2)

4.3

22

D. pulex (<1.8 mm)

-34.3 (0.3)

-36.6 (0.4)

4.9, 5.7

6.6 (0.3)

3.6

25

POM (<41 μm)

           
 

2–6m

-

-31.3 (0.2)

4.3

9.8 (0.2)

4.1

27

 

6–12m

-

-32.1 (0.5)

4.0

10.3 (0.3)

4.2

27

 

12–17m

-

-33.4 (0.5)

7.6

9.4 (0.4)

3.0

27



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