TABLE VIII
Productivity, Maintenance Metabolism, % Utilization, and Ecological Eficiency of Different Animals Found in Various
Communities. (Data Compiled from Several Authors.)
Maintenance yo UtilizaMetabolism tion of Net
Prod in kcal/m*/yr
in
Production Ecological
Taxon
Net
Gross
kcal/m*/yr
Food
Efficiency
Habitat
Authority
Invertebrates
1. Littorina sp.
2. Nematodes
3. Orchelimurn
Jidicinurn
4. Prokelisia sp.
-5. Orthoptera
6 . Philaenus
7 . P . spumarius
8 . Pogonomyrmex
badius
9. Oribatei
(3 SPP.)
spumarius
40.6
290
21.0
85
249.4
64.0
Salt marsh
Salt marsh
Odum and Smalley, 1959
Teal, 1962
10.8
29.4
-
275-0
18.6
-
2
4.6
Salt marsh
Salt marsh
Smalley, 1960
Teal, 1962
-
6 -8
4.0
.
25.6
21.6
2-7
Old Field
Odum et al.. 1962
0.048-0.096 0.582-1.167
15.125
38.565
0-778t
23.44
Old Field
Alfalfa field
Wiegert, 1964
Wiegert, 1964
Golley and Gentry, 1964
Engelmann, 1961
-
0 -8-1 7 '4
Old Field
Old Field
0.09
14.29-47.79
0.43
2.008
31.03 t
1.578
64-213
-
-
8-30
Vertebrates
10. Passerculus
11. Microtus
12. Peromyscus
13. Loxodontu
africana
14. Muatella
10-50
1 a6
10-50
Old Field
Old Field
Old Field
Odum et al., 1962
Golley, 1960
Odum et al., 1962
0 *04
3.6
0.517
17.517
0.12
6.7
3.56
17.00
6-58
0.34
23-34
0.013
5-564
23.00
5.551
9 -6
31.0
Savannah
Old Field
Petrides and Swank, 1965
Golley, 1960
id-e.
: Single species.