NDLI: Influence of substratum on the variability of benthic biofilm stable isotope signatures: implications for energy flow to a primary consumer

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Author	Hladyz, Sally Cook, Robert A. Petrie, Rochelle Nielsen, Daryl L.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Benthic biofilms have been identified using stable isotope analysis (SIA) as an important resource supporting many freshwater food webs. However, biofilm δ13C signatures are highly variable in freshwaters, which may hamper our understanding of energy flow through food webs in these systems. There has been little consideration of the influence that substratum may have on biofilm δ13C signature variability and energy flows to primary consumers. We investigated the effect of organic and inorganic substrata on biofilm dynamics by examining: (1) temporal variability of biofilm stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) signatures on allochthonous leaf-litter (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) and cobble substrata over 12 months in a lowland river in south-eastern Australia; and (2) the effect of substrata on biofilm energy flows to a grazer snail, Physa acuta (Gastropoda: Physidae), using SIA and ecological stoichiometry in a laboratory experiment. The temporal study indicated that cobble biofilm varied significantly in δ13C signature during the 12 months (up to 11‰), whereas the δ13C signature of leaf biofilm was less variable (less than 2‰). In contrast, biofilm δ15N signatures varied temporally on both cobble (2.6‰) and leaf (1‰) substrata. This suggests that leaf biofilm was more reliant on leaf tissue for carbon and therefore less limited by carbon supply than cobble biofilm whereas for nitrogen biofilm on both substrata was reliant on external sources. In the laboratory experiment, snails fed leaf biofilm reflected more of an allochthonous δ13C signature than cobble biofilm fed snails, suggesting assimilation of leaf carbon via the heterotrophic microbial community within the biofilm. Snails grew largest on cobble biofilm, which had lower C:N ratios than leaf biofilm. Our results demonstrate that the type of substratum can influence the temporal variability of biofilm δ13C signatures and energy flow to primary consumers.
Starting Page	135
Ending Page	146
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00188158
Journal	Hydrobiologia
Volume Number	664
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15735117
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2011-01-13
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Allochthonous Autochthonous Trophic pathways Temporal dynamics Periphyton Physa acuta Zoology Freshwater & Marine Ecology Ecology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Aquatic Science

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