Ecosystem size determines food-chain length in lakes

By D. Post, Michael M. Pace, N. Hairston. Nature, 2000

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Can stable isotope ratios provide for community-wide measures of trophic structure? (2007, background): “For example, they can be used to calculate trophic positions (Vander Zanden et al. 1997, Post et al. 2000, Post 2002a, Layman et al. 2005), relative contribution of prey items to consumers (Vander Zanden and Vadeboncoeur 2002), niche shifts (Post 2003), and intraspecific diet variability (Bolnick…”
Food webs: reconciling the structure and function of biodiversity. (2012, background): “Food-chain length appears to be reduced by disturbance and increased by higher energy supply and increased ecosystem size [21–23].”
Body size and trophic position in a temperate estuarine food web (2008, background): “…(Odum, 1959), productivity (Pimm, 1982; Hairston and Hairston, 1993; Briand and Cohen, 1987; Kaunzinger and Morin, 1998), ecosystem size (Post et al., 2000), predator–prey population dynamical constraints, such as self damping (i.e., density-dependent responses; Sterner et al., 1997) or…”
Comparison of methods to determine algal δ13C in freshwater (2008, background): “Stable isotopes analysis (SIA) is a popular tool used by ecologists to address a wide range of questions related to food sources of organisms, the length of food chains, or the transfer of contaminants (Cabana and Rasmussen 1994, Post et al. 2000, Grey et al 2000, Pace et al. 2004).”
Impacts of Invasive Species on Food Webs: A Review of Empirical Data (2017, background): “This idea has received lots of theoretical (Loeuille and Loreau, 2006; Oksanen et al., 1981) and empirical support (Arim et al., 2007; Dickman et al., 2008; Townsend et al., 1998, but see Post et al., 2000).”
Ecological mechanisms linking protected areas to surrounding lands. (2007, background): “Evidence for similar patterns in aquatic systems comes from Post et al. (2000), who studied trophic structure in 25 north- temperate lakes.”
Climate‐driven increases in storm frequency simplify kelp forest food webs (2011, background): “, 1981; Schoener, 1989; Thompson & Townsend, 1999), habitat structure (Briand & Cohen, 1987; Thompson & Townsend, 2005), habitat heterogeneity (Walters & Post, 2008), and ecosystem size (Schoener, 1989; Post et al., 2000) all of which can be altered by disturbance.”
Prey dominance shapes trophic structure of the northern California Current pelagic food web: evidence from stable isotopes and diet analysis (2010, background): “…c p o si tio n (δ 15 N ) Mar Ecol Prog Ser 420: 15–26, 2010 measure of relative trophic level among similar taxa, similar to trophic comparisons by Post et al. (2000) between lake ecosystems, could help clarify the factors that determine food chain length and omnivory, and ultimately stability…”
Use of size-based production and stable isotope analyses to predict trophic transfer efficiencies and predator-prey body mass ratios in food webs (2002, background): “Trophic level can be estimated using nitrogen stable isotope analysis (Owens 1987), because the abundance of δ15N in the tissues of predators is enriched relative to their prey (Minagawa & Wada 1984, Peterson & Fry 1987, Cabana & Rasmussen 1996, Post et al. 2000, Post 2002).”
Using the δ13C and δ15N of whitefish scales for retrospective ecological studies: changes in isotope signatures during the restoration of Lake Geneva, 1980–2001 (2003, methodology): “Consequently, N is useful for describing the structure of the food web (Post et al., 2000), and C can be used to track the carbon source from its origin at the base of the food web (France, 1995; Schindler et al.”