Ecological Archives E091-139-A1

Birte Matthiessen, Erik Mielke, and Ulrich Sommer. 2010. Dispersal decreases diversity in heterogeneous metacommunities by enhancing regional competition. Ecology 91:2022–2033.

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


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