Extended Data Fig. 3: Responses of macroalgal communities to our experimental pulse perturbation over time in uncaged plots and caged plots from which no species were removed.
From: Individual species provide multifaceted contributions to the stability of ecosystems
Mean (± s.e.m., n = 4) log response ratios (LRRs), overlain with raw data points, of the (a) functional (total cover) and (b) compositional responses of macroalgal assemblages to our experimental pulse perturbation (that is, LRRs of perturbed compared to equivalent unperturbed plots within caged and uncaged treatments) in plots from caged plots with no grazer removals (black line) and open uncaged control plots (grey line) over the duration of the experiment. Thick lines indicate significant (P < 0.05) effects of the perturbation, based on two-sample t-tests and PERMANOVAs for, respectively, functional and compositional responses.
