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Table 5

Relative biomass density of phytoplankton in gut content (GC) and faecal pellets (FP), degree of selection (E) and efficiency of assimilation (A) of P. geimermassardi.

Phytoplankton Jun-GC Jun-FP Jun-E Jun-A Jul-GC Jul-FP Jul-E Jul-A Aug-GC Aug-FP Aug-E Aug-A
Ultraplankton 9.4 [7.7; 10.5] 0 0.1 [0.1; 0.1] −1 5.2 [3.8; 7.9] −0.2 [−0.2; −0.2] −1 11.9 [9.8; 13.5] 0.2 [0.2; 0.3] −1
R. curvata 5.4 [3.8; 6.3] 7.5 [6.2; 8.6] 0.2 [0.2; 0.2] 0.2 [0; 0.4] 6.2 [3.8; 7.7] 4.1 [2.7; 5.5] 0.3 [0.1; 0.5] −0.4 [−0.5; −0.3] 6.9 [3.8; 8.9] 7.4 [6.3; 8.6] 0.3 [0.3; 0.4] 0.1 [−0.1; 0.4]
A. falcatus 7.3 [5.4; 8.8] 3.5 [2.8; 4.2] 0.6 [0.5; 0.6] −0.3 [−0.4; −0.3] 3.4 [3.8; 7.7] 0.9 [0.7; 1.3] 0.4 [0.2; 0.6] −0.5 [−0.8; −0.3]
A. spiralis 1.4 [0.7; 2.8] −0.4 [−0.4; −0.3] –1
C. microporum 2.8 [1.5;4.4] 0.2 [0.1; 0.3] −1
C. quadrata 10.3 [7.4; 13.2] 0.7 [0.7; 0.7] –1 1.2 [0.2; 2.2] −0.5 [−0.8; −0.2] −1
K. obesa 10.4 [8.6; 13.2] 0.5 [0.5; 0.6] −1 5.6 [1.2; 9.3] 0.4 [0.4; 0.5] −1
P. duplex 0.2 [0.2; 0.3] −1 [−1; −0.9] −1 0.2 [0.1; 0.3] −1 [−1; −0.9] −1
S. ecornis 4.8 [2.8; 5.9] 15.9 [14.9; 16.8] −0.1 [−0.3; 0] 0.5 [0.5; 0.7] 6.0 [4.8; 7.0] 13.6 [13.1; 13.9] 0.1 [0.1; 0.2] 0.4 [0.3; 0.5]
S. ellipsoideus 5.2 [3.8; 6.2] 8.6 [7.2; 9.8] 0.2 [0.2; 0.3] 0.2 [0.1; 0.4] 3.6 [1.4;6.6] 7.0 [5.7;8.4] 0.3 [0.1; 0.4] 0.6 [0.4; 0.7] 12.1 [9.2; 14.0] 7.0 [4.6; 9.3] 0.5 [0.4; 0.6] −0.3 [−0.5; −0.1]
S. quadricauda 0.8 [0.3; 1.1] −0.5 [−0.8; −0.4] −1 6.0 [3.0; 7.5] 0.4 [0.4; 0.4] −1 5.5 [4.4; 6.5] 0.1 [0; 0.2] −1
S. bibraianum 5.3 [4.5; 6.2] 17.4 [16.2; 18.8] −0.2 [−0.3; −0.2] 0.6 [0.5; 0.6] 9.0 [6.9; 11.2] 14.7 [14.1; 15.2] 0.1 [0.1; 0.2] 0.2 [0.1; 0.4] 6.0 [4.5; 6.9] 18.3 [16.8; 20.0] −0.2 [−0.3; −0.1] 0.5 [0.4; 0.6]
S. tetras 0.2 [0.1; 0.3] −0.9 [−0.9; −0.9] −1
T. minimum 0.3 [0.2; 0.4] −0.9 [−0.9; −0.9] −1 13.5 [12.0; 15.3] 0.5 [0.4; 0.5] −1 0.8 [0.5; 1.3] −0.7 [−0.8; −0.6] −1
Phytoplankton Jun-GC Jun-FP Jun-E Jun-A Jul-GC Jul-FP Jul-E Jul-A Aug-GC Aug-FP Aug-E Aug-A
T. obliquus 5.3 [5.0; 5.5] 9.3 [8.6; 10.1] 0.1 [0; 0.1] 0.3 [0.2; 0.3] 5.5 [2.9; 9.7] 10.0 [9.7; 10.3] 0.2 [0; 0.4] 0.5 [0.4; 0.6]
S. tetracerum 0.1 [0; 0.2] −1 [−1; −0.9] −1 0.1 [0; 0.2] −1 [−1; −0.9] −1 0.2 [0.1; 0.3] −1 [−0.9; −1] −1
Dinobrion sp. 0.5 [0.3; 0.6] −0.9 [−1; −0.8] −1 0.1 [0.1; 0.2] −1 −1
A. ovalis 15.8 [14.4; 18.0] 18.7 [17.3; 20.2] 0.4 [0.4; 0.4] 0.1 [0; 0.1] 7.5 [7.1; 7.9] 15.4 [14.6; 16.0] 0.2 [0.2; 0.2] 0.3 [0.3; 0.4] 16.3 [16.1; 16.5] 16.9 [15.7; 18.2] 0.4 [0.4; 0.4] 0 [0; 0.1]
F. acus 5.8 [4.1; 8.3] 0.2 [0.1; 0.3] −1 0.1 [0; 0.2] −0.9 [−1; −0.9] −1 1.7 [0.5; 2.8] −0.5 [−0.7; −0.2] −1
G. acuminatum 6.0 [5.1; 7.2] 0.4 [0.3; 0.5] –1 8.7 [7.1; 11.4] 0.7 [0.7; 0.7] −1
G. constrictum 5.9 [3.6; 7.2] 14.8 [14.3; 15.4] 0.1 [0.1; 0.2] 0.4 [0.3; 0.6] 6.0 [3.6; 7.1] 15.4 [14.8; 16.2] 0.1 [0.1; 0.1] 0.5 [0.4; 0.6]
N. cryptocephala 0.1 [0.1; 0.1] −0.9 [−1; −0.9] −1
R. abbreviata 7.0 [6.2; 8.5] 0 [−0.1; 0] −1 6.3 [2.5; 12.4] −0.3 [−0.4; −0.2] −1 5.3 [3.9; 6.7] −0.2 [−0.4; −0.1] −1
U. ulna 0.7 [0.5; 0.8] 20.6 [19.1; 22.8] −0.7 [−0.8; −0.7] 0.9 [0.9; 0.9]
Euglena sp. 6.1 [5.4; 6.6] 20.3 [18.8; 22.1] −0.2 [−0.3; −0.2] 0.5 [0.5; 0.6] 4.5 [1.5; 8.5] 19.5 [18.2; 20.8] −0.5 [−0.7; −0.4] 0.6 [0.4; 0.9] 10.4 [7.8; 13.1] 16.9 [15.7; 18.3] 0.1 [0; 0.1] 0.3 [0.2; 0.4]
T. volvocina 3.5 [3.2; 3.7] −0.3 [−0.3; −0.2] −1 3.8 [0.8; 5.7] −0.4 [−0.8; −0.2] −1

Biomass density of GC and FP are reported as relative mean, with the minimum and maximum values in square brackets. Biomass of faecal pellets refers to undigested algal cells. Number of replicates for each sampling month (3). Not determined (–).

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