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LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
卷 57, 期 6, 页码 1802-1815出版社
AMER SOC LIMNOLOGY OCEANOGRAPHY
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.6.1802
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- Hudson River Foundation
- Ecosystems Studies Program of the National Science Foundation
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Environmental Biology [1119739] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [0917719, 0917858] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
The Hudson River is a strongly heterotrophic system in which the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) comprises >90% of total metazoan biomass. Using a Bayesian mixing model, with isotope ratios of C, N, and H, and four basal resources (phytoplankton, benthic algae, submersed aquatic vegetation [SAV], and terrestrial inputs), we estimated the reliance of 10 consumers on each resource. Copepods, Bosmina, and herring (Alosa aestivalis) relied 40-60% on phytoplankton primary production; amphipods and young-of-year white perch (Morone spp.) relied heavily on benthic algae (50-60%). Terrestrial detritus was an important resource for oligochaetes, zebra mussels, chironomids, and Bosmina sp., for which median estimates of reliance were between 40% and 60%. The dual reliance of zebra mussels on terrestrial detritus and phytoplankton production, combined with their high biomass, along with the significant terrestrial support of several other consumers, indicates that terrestrial detritus supports a significant portion of the Hudson River food web. Nonetheless, given that particulate and dissolved organic matter pools are heavily dominated (60-80%) by terrestrial detritus, it is clear that selectivity by consumers for autochthonous organic matter is generally high. Despite its large biomass and productivity, we did not find strong evidence for support of the food web by SAV.
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