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Table 1. Leaf and wood breakdown rates (k, yr -1 ) utilized to estimate organic matter supply rates within Hering, Limrock, and Tony Sinks caves. Litter type Species k (yr -1 ) Reference Leaves Post oak (Quercus stellata) 7.3 Brown & Schram, 1982 Sorb (Sorbus aucuparia) 0.4 Galas et al., 1996 Alder (Alnus incana) 0.7 Galas et al., 1996 Moss (Polytrichum sp.) 1.1 Galas et al., 1996 White oak (Quercus alba) 2.9, 3.3 Brussock et al., 1998 White oak (Quercus alba) 1.1 - 9.5 Simon & Benfield, 2001 Red maple (Acer rubrum) 0.4 - 3.1 Venarsky et al., 2012a Wood White oak (Quercus alba) 1.5 - 2.4 Simon & Benfield, 2001 Various (23 species) 0.02 - 3.1 Spanhoff & Meyer, 2004 123
Table 2. Assimilation efficiencies (AE) and net production efficiencies (NPE) used to estimate resource demand by Orconectes australis in Hering, Limrock, and Tony Sinks caves. Habitat Species AE NPE Reference Cave Orconectes inermis Leaf material - 0.10 Chironomid - 0.85 Weingartner, 1977 Surface Panulirus homarus (spiny lobster) 0.43-0.66 Rathinam et al., 2009 (Table 3)** Procambarus clarkii 0.39-0.74 Gutierrez-Yurrita & Montes, 2001 (Table 2)** Cherax tenuimanus 0.54-0.81 Villarreal, 1991 (Table 4)** Various (8 crayfish species) 0.09-0.75 Momot, 1995 (Table 3) **NPE calculated following Benke & Wallace (1980) 124
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Table 2. Assimilation efficiencies (AE) and net production efficiencies (NPE) used to estimate resource demand by Orconectes<br />
australis in Hering, Limrock, and Tony Sinks caves.<br />
Habitat Species AE NPE Reference<br />
Cave Orconectes inermis<br />
Leaf material - 0.10<br />
Chironomid - 0.85<br />
Weingartner, 1977<br />
Surface Panulirus homarus (spiny lobster) 0.43-0.66 Rathinam et al., 2009 (Table 3)**<br />
Procambarus clarkii 0.39-0.74 Gutierrez-Yurrita & Montes, 2001 (Table 2)**<br />
Cherax tenuimanus 0.54-0.81 Villarreal, 1991 (Table 4)**<br />
Various (8 crayfish species) 0.09-0.75 Momot, 1995 (Table 3)<br />
**NPE calculated following Benke & Wallace (1980)<br />
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