Ecological Archives E085-059-A1

Jamie M. Kneitel and Jonathan M. Chase. 2004. Disturbance, predator, and resource interactions alter container community composition. Ecology 85:2088–2093.

Appendix A. Mean species abundances (no. individuals/mL) in each of the 18 treatments.

 

No disturbance

Low disturbance

High disturbance

Species

None,
Low

None,
High

Low,
Low

Low,
High

High,
Low

High,
High

None,
Low

None,
<High

Low,
Low

Low,
High

High,
Low

High,
High

None,
Low

None,
High

Low,
Low

Low,
High

High,
Low

High,
High

Bodo sp.

153

210.6

115.2

9

2

54

42

1264

46.8

1159

277.2

536.4

63.6

1669

178.2

687.6

31

34.2

Chrysomonad

1015

8878

280.8

4743

63.6

694.8

43.2

21.6

77.4

3.6

3.6

243

21.6

192.6

140.4

246.6

109.8

334.8

Paramecium caudatum

8.4

52.8

2.6

32.4

0

5.4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cyclidium sp.

1067

3218

24

304.8

0.2

17

12.8

0

1.4

3.6

1.2

0

1.8

4.2

1.2

5.4

0.8

1.8

Colpidium A

126

282.6

92

23.4

0.4

0.6

1.8

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.6

0

0

0

0

Colpidium B

0

0

0

0

7.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Anisonema sp.

120.6

1289

0

133.2

0

2.4

4.2

5.4

0

10.8

0

0

5.4

7.6

1.8

5.4

0

1.6

Peranema sp.

7.8

118.8

1.2

26.4

1.2

3.6

0

0

0

0

0.2

0

1.2

0.2

0

0.4

0

1

Vorticella sp.

0.4

0

10.2

1.8

7.6

9.6

11.8

9.6

16.2

146.4

15.2

385.2

11.6

54

38.6

72

12.6

822.6

Colpoda sp.

0

0

0

0

0

0

37.2

1334

8.4

138.6

0

2.4

122.4

86.4

104.4

300.6

1.2

19.8

Tachysoma sp.

37.8

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5.4

0

0

0.6

0

0

0.4

0

0

Amoeba A

120.6

57.6

0

0.6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bdelloid rotifer A

0.4

39.8

0.4

9

0

0

0

0.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bdelloid rotifer B

1

0

1

0.4

1.2

6.6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Loricate rotifer

0

0.6

0

9

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Amoeba B

37.8

104.4

3

22.2

0

0

0

0.6

0

1.2

0

0

1.8

1

0

0

0

0

Unidentified ciliate

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.8

0

0

0

0

0

0

Litonotus sp.

10.8

11.4

0.2

0

0

0

0.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Unidentified flagellate A

0

0

0

64.8

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

   Note: The treatments consist of three levels of disturbance frequency (none, low, and high) and paired treatments, the first representing predator density and the second representing resources (none, low, and high).



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