Appendix A. Species list and life-forms.
TABLE A1. This appendix gives full species names, abbreviations for species used in the experiment, species biovolume per individual and respective life-form. Species in bold contributed at least 4 % to total community biomass.
Species |
Abbrevation used in text |
Biovolume/cell (µm³/c) |
Life-form |
Achnanthes brevipes |
ACH |
5005 |
Pennate, stalked and chain-forming, flexed |
Amphora coffaeiformes |
AMP |
1250 |
Pennate, highly mobile, solitary, amphora-shaped |
Cocconeis spec. |
COC |
317 |
Pennate, mobile but strongly attached, solitary, very flat |
Entomoneis paludosa |
ENT |
6609 |
Pennate, mobile and little attached, solitary, very irregular form |
Melosira varians |
MEL |
9721 |
Centric, chain-forming, non-attached, floating |
Navicula ramosissima |
NAV |
3277 |
Pennate, mobile, solitary, regular form |
Nitzschia spec. |
NITZ I |
127 |
Pennate, mobile, solitary, regular form |
Nitzschia sigma |
NITZ II |
6799 |
Pennate, mobile, solitary, S-shaped |
Stauroneis constricta |
STA |
3393 |
Pennate, mobile, solitary, constricted |