Ecological Archives E095-223-A2

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Appendix B. Supplementary results: description of stratification and ice cover, environmental variables, elemental composition of Daphnia, and proportion of Daphnia infected with of Larssonia obtusa and Pasteuria ramosa during the study period.

Description of stratification and ice-cover

Full ice-cover was observed approximately from December to mid-April. Partial thermal stratification started approximately at the end of April and broke down after mid-October. In 2009, a beaver dam increased the water levels during the midsummer as compared to the previous year. In 2010, the summer was hot and the water level declined more than 0.5 meter and in August 2010 we were not able to sample the lowest layer of hypolimnion (2.4–3.0 m).

 

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Fig. B1. Mean temperature, mean epilimnetic oxygen concentration, and epilimnetic pH and chlorophyll a concentrations in Lake Mekkojärvi during the open water season between years 2008 and 2010. Number of sampling occasions is 25. Gray bars denote for breaks between sampling seasons due to ice cover.


 

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Fig. B2. Elemental composition of Daphnia in Lake Mekkojärvi during the open water season between years 2008 and 2010 (mean ± SE for 2–3 replicates).


 

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Fig. B3. Proportion of Daphnia infected with Larssonia obtusa (dashed line) and Pasteuria ramosa (solid line) in Lake Mekkojärvi during the open water season between years 2008 and 2010.


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