Figure 1

(A) Empirical timeseries dataset of offshore chlorophyll-a measurements in 2003. (B) Continuous spline fit to scaled empirical dataset. (C) Graphical representation of the Las Cruces food web network. Nodes are vertically arranged by using prey-averaged trophic level. Important nodes are labeled as follows: OP offshore phytoplankton, FP food web phytoplankton, BL the barnacle, B. laevis, Onc the sea snail, Onchidella sp., TA the sea snail, T. atra, LO the sea snail, L. orbignyi.