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AUTHOR
Emiliya P. Kirilova
Supplementary methods and results from Trophic state changes can affect the importance of methane-derived carbon in aquatic food webs
Additional details on methods and results (as referred to in the main article) and a semi-colon delimited table with downcore isotope and TP records
Trophic state changes can affect the importance of methane-derived carbon in aquatic food webs
Methane-derived carbon, incorporated by methane-oxidizing bacteria, has been identified as a significant source of carbon in food webs of many lakes. By measuring the stable carbon isotopic composition (δ13C values) of particulate organic matter, Chironomidae andDaphniaspp. and their resting eggs (ephippia), we show that methane-derived carbon presently plays a relevant role in the food web of hypertrophic Lake De Waay, The Netherlands. Sediment geochemistry, diatom analyses and δ13C measurements of chironomid andDaphniaremains in the lake sediments indicate that oligotrophication and re-eutrophication of the lake during the twentieth century had a strong impact on in-lake oxygen availabili…