Ecological Archives E093-013-A4

Ryan J. Woodland, Marco A. Rodríguez, Pierre Magnan, Hélène Glémet, and Gilbert Cabana. 2012. Incorporating temporally dynamic baselines in isotopic mixing models. Ecology 93:131–144.

Appendix D (Table D1). Summary of references, site descriptions and primary consumer types from each site included in the meta-analysis. Consumer abbreviations are: amphipod (A), bivalve (B), gastropod (G), herbivorous insect (H), zooplankton (Z).

Reference Site description Consumers
Beaudoin (1998) LLB800 (boreal lake, Alberta, Canada) A, G
SCL20 (boreal lake, Alberta, Canada) A
SPH200 (boreal lake, Alberta, Canada) A, G
Bilby et al. (1996) Grizzly Creek (Snoqualmie River trib, Washington, USA) H
Stream 0372 (Snoqualmie River trib, Washington, USA) H
Branstrator et al. (2000) Lake Achigan (southern Quebec, Canada) Z
Lake Memphremagog (southern Quebec, Canada) Z
Bunn and Boon (1993) Ryan's 1 (billabong, central Australia) G
Ryan's 2 (billabong, central Australia) G
Tallandoon (billabong, central Australia) B, G
Bunn et al. (2003) Cooper Creek (central Australia) G
Cattaneo et al. (2004) Lago Paione (central Alps, Italy) H, Z
Christian et al. (2004) Scioto River watershed (central Ohio, USA) B
Croteauet al. (2005) San Francisco Bay (California, USA) A, B, G, Z
Dehairs et al. (2000) Coringa River (deltaic river, India) Z
Gaderu River (deltaic river, India) Z
Kakinada Bay (India) Z
Doi et al. (2008) Hiji River (Shikoku Island, Japan) H, Z
Fisher et al. (2001) Missouri River (North Dakota, USA) A, Z
Fukumori et al. (2008) Uwa Sea (Shikoku Island, Japan) B
Herwig et al. (2004) Long Lake (Illinois River, Illinois, USA) A, G, Z
Savanna Bay (Mississippi River, Illinois, USA) A, B, G, Z
Kato et al. (2004) Horonai Stream (Hokkaido, Japan) H
Leggett et al. (1999) Lake Ontario (Laurentian Lakes, North America) A, Z
Matthews and Mazumder (2005) Shawnigan Lake (British Columbia, Canada) Z
Sooke Lake Resivoir (British Columbia, Canada) Z
McIntyre et al. (2006) Lake Washington (Washington, USA) Z
Perga and Gerdeaux (2005) Lake Geneva (Switzerland/France) Z
Persic et al. (2004) Vaccarès Lagoon (Rhone River, France) B
Persson and Hansson (1999) Lake Finjasjön (Sweden) Z
Peterson and Howarth (1987) Sapelo Island (Georgia, USA) B, G
Rudnick and Resh (2005) Coyote Creek (California, USA) B
Sauriau and Kang (2000) Marennes-Oléron Bay (France) B
Syväranta et al. (2006) Lake Jyväsjärvi (Finland) Z
Takai et al. (2002) Hiroshima Bay (Japan) A
Thorp et al. (1998) Ohio River (constricted channel, USA) A, B
Ohio River (floodplain area, USA) B, G
Vizzini and Mazzola (2003) Lake Sabaudia (Italy) A, Z
Vizzini and Mazzola (2005) Stagnone di Marsala (Italy) A
Yoshioka et al. (1994) Lake Suwa (Japan) Z
Zah et al. (2001) Roseg River (Switzerland) H
Zohary et al. (1994) Lake Kinneret (Israel) Z

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