Extended Data Fig. 9: Raw biomass estimates during sample periods before ecological perturbations were induced (i.e., the first three sample periods).
From: Predator mass mortality events restructure food webs through trophic decoupling
Chlorophyll-a (ln[μg/L], A), zooplankton biomass (ln[μg/L], B), and microalgae biomass (ln[μg/L], C) in mesocosms that would receive treatments to become predator mass mortality events (MMEs, light green), predator removals (light blue), and resource pulses (dark green), as well as the undisturbed system (control, dark blue). Large points and lines indicate mean values and 95% CIs, with smaller jittered points (to reduce overlap) indicating individual samples. There were no effects of treatment on average chlorophyll-a (F1,3 = 0.11, p = 0.65; A), zooplankton biomass (F1,3 = 0.03, p = 0.99; B), or microalgae biomass (F1,3 = 0.94, p = 0.45; C) during the first three sample periods of the experiment. Data were analysed from 54 biologically independent samples for a control, (n = 15), predator removal (n = 12), resource pulse (n = 12), and MME (n = 15). Two-way, two-sided ANOVA (A-B).
