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In this paper, the variation in the carbon and nitrogen isotope signatures of decomposing macrophytes and detritus was determined to provide an isotopic baseline for the elucidation of higher trophic levels. Seven abundant macrophyte species, Cyperaceae sp., <i>Pontederia lanceolata</i>, <i>Cabomba furcata</i>, <i>Salvinia auriculata</i>, <i>Eichhornia crassipes</i>, <i>Nymphaea amazonum</i> and <i>Paspalum repens</i>, were exposed in mesocosm decomposition experiments lasting 21 or 100 days. Stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen and the atomic C/N ratios were determined for decomposing plant material, particulate organic matter (POM), the microbial film, and aquatic invertebrate larvae. The δ<sup>13</sup>C values for the macrophytes did not change during decomposition. However, the variability of δ<sup>15</sup>N was high (range of ± 6 ‰) due to microbial activity. There was no consistent difference in the isotopic signatures of macrophytes and POM. 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