Appendix A. Mean species abundances (no. individuals/mL) in each of the 18 treatments.
|
|
No disturbance |
Low disturbance |
High disturbance |
|||||||||||||||
|
Species |
None, |
None, |
Low, |
Low, |
High, |
High, |
None, |
None, |
Low, |
Low, |
High, |
High, |
None, |
None, |
Low, |
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).