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Table 1 Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values in source and tissue of mayfly Ephemera danica

From: Dietary nutrient allocation to somatic tissue synthesis in emerging subimago freshwater mayfly Ephemera danica

Source/Tissue

δ13C (‰) ± SD

δ15N (‰) ± SD

Abdomen

− 28.27 ± 1.12a

7.45 ± 0.58a

Head

− 27.27 ± 0.77a

7.37 ± 0.35b

Wing

− 27.53 ± 0.35c

6.90 ± 0.46c

Periphyton

− 22.56 ± 1.57d

15.65 ± 2.21d

Seston

− 29.19 ± 0.44c

10.83 ± 1.03e

Sediment

− 29.42 ± 0.63c

8.48 ± 0.86c

Terrestrial detritus

− 28.92 ± 0.98c

4.18 ± 0.97g

  1. Samples sharing common letters within a column are not significantly different (following Tukey’s honest significant difference (HSD) post hoc test and ANOVA (F[6,117] = 91.14, p < 0.0001 and F[6,117] = 144.58, p < 0.0001) for δ13C and δ15N values, respectively)