Table 2
(continued)
Leaf species
Leaf storage
Conditioning water
Fungi species
Conditioning
period
Conditioning time
Amount of
leaves during
acclimation
Type of study
Reference
Alnus
glutinosa
Dried and stored
Acclimation and
experiment food:
enriched water
Cladosporium
spp.
10 days
After being
rehydrated, cut in
leaf discs of 1.6 cm
in diameter and
autoclaved, but
before being dried
for 2 days at 60
C
Rehydrated again
before being fed
Acclimation
food:
ad libitum
Scope for
growth assay
Naylor et al.
(1989)
Alnus
glutinosa
Froze at
À20
C
Acclimation food:
preconditioned
leaves
Experiment food:
1. Conditioning
medium as Dang
et al. (2005) inoculated with alder
leaves conditioned in
the river for 14 days
2. Conditioning
medium
1. 13 days
2. 14 days
1. After being cut in
leaf discs of 1.6 cm
in diameter, being
froze for 24 and subsequently weighed
Unconditioned
leaves either submerged for 2 min or
48 h in SAM-5S
medium
2. Before being cut in
leaf discs of 2.0 cm
in diameter and being
directly fed to the
organisms
Acclimation
food:
ad
libitum
Feeding study
Newton
et al. (2018)
Alnus
glutinosa
Fagus
sylvatica
Dried at 20
C
Experiment food:
river water
10 days
Feeding, assimilation and respiration study
Nilsson
(1974)
Alnus
glutinosa
Acclimation and
experiment food:
conditioned in water
Freeze-dried Tubifex
worms added to the
food twice a week
6 days
Acclimation
food:
ad libitum
Feeding behaviour and biomarkers
analysis
Xuereb
et al. (2009)
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