Table 8 Predicted diet proportion of herbivorous cichlids in Lake Tanganyika from a Bayesian mixing model with δ13 C and δ15 N of each cichlid species as mixture data, those of periphyton within their territories and those of other benthic animals as source data
cichlid species | periphyton within each territory | detritus | Atyidae/Ephemeroptera | Trichoptera | Chironomidae |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eretmodus cyanostictus | 43.5 ± 20.7 | 24.2 ± 17.8 |  8.2 ± 10.1 |  7.5 ± 9.2 | 16.6 ± 13.7 |
Telmatochromis temporalis | 14.6 ± 12.1 | 25.2 ± 16.9 | 31.3 ± 17.0 | 14.1 ± 11.7 | 14.8 ± 11.0 |
Variabilichromis moorii | 22.0 ± 15.1 | 21.2 ± 16.5 | 20.7 ± 15.5 | 15.8 ± 13.2 | 20.2 ± 14.9 |
Pseudosimochromis curvifrons | 44.0 ± 16.7 | 25.1 ± 17.2 | 10.8 ± 9.8 |  7.7 ± 7.7 | 12.5 ± 11.8 |
Petrochromis macrognathus | 34.3 ± 15.2 | 26.6 ± 18.5 | 11.9 ± 10.4 |  9.2 ± 9.1 | 18.0 ± 14.1 |
Petrochromis polyodon | 46.6 ± 21.9 | 22.2 ± 16.4 |  8.3 ± 10.5 |  7.3 ± 10.2 | 15.7 ± 13.7 |
Petrochromis horii | 23.3 ± 15.0 | 28.9 ± 17.7 | 21.0 ± 15.3 | 14.6 ± 12.5 | 12.2 ± 11.6 |
Petrochromis trewavasae | 29.5 ± 18.0 | 22.4 ± 16.9 | 16.5 ± 13.4 | 11.7 ± 11.6 | 20.0 ± 15.9 |
Tropheus moorii | 33.0 ± 19.6 | 21.2 ± 16.4 | 15.0 ± 13.9 | 11.6 ± 12.1 | 19.2 ± 15.8 |