Appendix A. Species lists and culture sources for the four trophic groups manipulated in the experiment (algae, bacterivores, algivores/bacterivores, and omnivorous top predators). CBS = Carolina Biological Supply (Burlington, North Carolina), ATCC = American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, Virginia); Bamboo Pond, Jay's Pond, HMF, and NH are natural ponds all found within 20 km of the Rutgers University campus (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Peter's Aquarium is found in the residence of P. J. Morin (New Brunswick, New Jersey).
Algae |
Culture Source |
Bacterivores |
Culture Source |
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Ankistrodesmus |
CBS |
Chilomonas |
CBS |
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Chlamydomonas |
CBS |
Coleps |
Bamboo Pond |
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Chlorella |
CBS |
Colpoda cucullus |
Bamboo Pond |
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Chrysopsis |
Bamboo Pond |
Colpoda inflata |
ATCC |
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Cyclotella |
CBS |
Gastrotich sp. |
Jay's Pond |
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Unknown Diatom sp. |
Bamboo Pond |
Loxocephalus |
HMF |
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Euglena gracilis |
CBS |
Spirostomum ambiguum |
Bamboo Pond |
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Tetrahymena pyriformis |
CBS |
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Tetrahymena thermophila |
ATCC |
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Tilina |
NH |
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Unknown Protist sp. |
CBS |
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Algivores/Bacterivores |
Culture Source |
Omnivorous Top Predators |
Culture Source |
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Colpidium striatum |
CBS |
Actinosphaerium |
CBS |
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Frontonia |
Bamboo Pond |
Amoeba sp. |
Peter's Aquarium |
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Gastropus |
Jay's Pond |
Blepharisma americanum |
CBS |
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Lepadella |
Bamboo Pond |
Didinium |
CBS |
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Monostyla |
CBS |
Dileptus |
CBS |
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Paramecium aurelia |
CBS |
Euplotes |
Bamboo Pond |
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Paramecium caudatum |
CBS |
Oxytricha |
Bamboo Pond |
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Paramecium tetraurelia |
ATCC |
Stentor coeruleus |
CBS |
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Rotaria |
Bamboo Pond |
Tetrahymena vorax |
ATCC |
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Stylonychia |
Bamboo Pond |
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