Analysis of the Chironomid trophic structure with stable isotopes showed a broad variety of feeding behaviors between taxa, suggesting that Chironomids do not belong to specific groups in the aquatic trophic web (Henriques-Oliveira et al. 2003; Reuss et al. 2013; Silveira et al. 2013; Saito and Fonseca-Gessner 2014).
This work could include analysis of the major trophic levels (i.e., plankton, benthos, fish, birds, and mammals) and different habitats separately, followed by development of formulas for an aggregate biodiversity estimate.
The analysis of potential trophic strategies displayed among the targeted HF highlighted the dominance of parasites and saprotrophs, and provided indications that these organisms have probably been wrongfully regarded as bacterivores in previous studies.
The analysis of potential trophic strategies has indicated that strict bacterivorous picoflagellates were represented by only few taxa in our studies, and were less diverse than parasitic and (or) saprotrophic forms.
Within the scientific community it is more and more recognized that the extrapolation of results from laboratory toxicity experiments to complex field communities requires the analysis of the interactions between different trophic levels in ecosystems, which can be done by means of model ecosystems and mechanistic modelling.
Comparative analysis of trophic morphology (the chelicerae) and body size of males, females and juveniles demonstrated highly female biased SSD (Sexual Size Dimorphism) in body size, body weight, and in the size of chelicerae, the latter arising from sex-specific growth patterns in trophic morphology.
The conditioned media were collected for the analysis of trophic factors and cytokines using human cytokine antibody arrays (Ray Biotech, Inc) under the manufacturer's instructions.
This approach is considered as a more in-depth utility of stable isotope data for the analysis of consumer's trophic niche.
We also excluded any information on species presence based on gut content analysis of upper trophic level predators sampled within our census area.
Tomczak, M. T. et al. Analysis of trophic networks and carbon flows in south-eastern Baltic coastal ecosystems.
