Table 2.

Summary of the isotopic differences (Δ^hE (parasite-host)) for stable isotopes of nitrogen (Δ¹⁵N) and carbon (Δ¹³C) between hosts and cestodes of varying ontogenetic development from different environments

Author	Host	Macroenvironment	Parasite	Developmental stage	Microhabitat	ΔhE (parasite-host)
						Δ15N	Δ13C
Boag et al. 1998	Oryctolagus cuniculus	Terrestrial	Cittotaenia denticulata	Adult	Intestine	− 2.10	− 1.32
			Mosgovoyia pectinata	Adult	Intestine	− 3.10	− 3.66
Pinnegar et al. 2001	Gasterosteus aculeatus	Limnetic	Schistocephalus solidus	Plerocercoid	Peritoneal cavity	− 2.41	− 0.14
Deudero et al. 2002	Rutilus rutilus	Limnetic	Ligula intestinalis	Plerocercoid	Peritoneal cavity	− 1.42	− 0.43
Power and Klein 2004	Gasterosteus aculeatus	Limnetic	Schistocephalus solidus	Plerocercoid	Peritoneal cavity	− 1.35	0.13
	Salvelinus fontinalis	Estuarine	Eubothrium salvelini	Adult	Intestine	− 2.08	0.01
	Gadus ogae	Marine	Pyramicocephalus phocarum	Plerocercoid	Muscle*	− 4.43	0.52
Neilson et al. 2005	Oryctolagus cuniculus	Terrestrial	Mosgovoyia pectinata	Adult	Intestine	− 1.50	− 5.50
			Cittotaenia denticulata	Adult	Intestine	− 2.70	− 1.90
Persson et al. 2007	Salmo salar	Marine	Eubothrium crassum	Adult	Intestine	− 2.45	1.61
Sánchez et al. 2013	Artemia parthenogenetica	Brackish	Flamingolepis liguloides	Cysticercoid	Haemocoel	0.24	2.82
Navarro et al. 2014	Chimaera monstrosa	Marine	Gyrocotyle urna	Adult	Gastrointestinal tract (stomach, spiral valve)	− 3.33	− 1.32
Behrmann-Godel and Yohannes 2015	Perca fluviatilis	Limnetic	Triaenophorus nadulosus	Plerocercoid	Liver	− 0.79	− 2.17
Eloranta et al. 2015	Gasterosteus aculeatus	Limnetic	Schistocephalus solidus	Plerocercoid	Peritoneal cavity	− 2.20	− 0.40
	Pungitius pungitius		Schistocephalus pungitii	Plerocercoid	Peritoneal cavity	− 2.00	0.30
McGrew et al. 2015	Canis lupus	Terrestrial	Taenia krabbei	Adult	Intestine	− 2.20	− 2.00
			Taenia hydatigena	Adult	Intestine