Results

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(All plots are on the log scale for ease of visualization, raw average abundances can be found in “Tables” tab)

Total Zooplankton Abundance Over Time:

Total Daphnia Abundance Over Time:

Tables

Year 1: average total zooplankton abundances

Mean estimated zooplankton abundance (ind/m^3) in Year 1
treatment Pre_Post mean_abundance sd_abundance
Birds Fish Post 5263.1297 4294.01404
Birds Fish Pre 1071.4005 420.16931
Birds NoFish Post 4166.6716 4686.61146
Birds NoFish Pre 529.1473 286.46029
NoBirds Fish Post 2331.9024 1565.22807
NoBirds Fish Pre 724.0964 113.92453
NoBirds NoFish Post 6154.0283 14968.74086
NoBirds NoFish Pre 899.3866 97.30572

Year 2: average total zooplankton abundances

Mean estimated zooplankton abundance (ind/m^3) in Year 2
treatment Pre_Post mean_abundance sd_abundance
Birds Fish Post 12725.954 8947.446
Birds Fish Pre 5805.877 4135.730
Birds NoFish Post 12381.130 7807.918
Birds NoFish Pre 6397.340 5833.891
NoBirds Fish Post 14516.809 10333.944
NoBirds Fish Pre 10384.926 8830.063
NoBirds NoFish Post 17499.054 11396.432
NoBirds NoFish Pre 4853.957 3573.115

Year 1: average total daphnia abundances

Mean estimated daphnia abundance (ind/m^3) in Year 1
treatment Pre_Post mean_abundance sd_abundance
Birds Fish Post 821.9593 898.62875
Birds Fish Pre 645.6955 152.38962
Birds NoFish Post 987.1928 1707.53486
Birds NoFish Pre 358.7717 186.69321
NoBirds Fish Post 383.0746 530.47164
NoBirds Fish Pre 534.0620 66.72634
NoBirds NoFish Post 591.2161 668.29181
NoBirds NoFish Pre 700.3421 225.88828

Year 2: average total daphnia abundances

Mean estimated daphnia abundance (ind/m^3) in Year 2
treatment Pre_Post mean_abundance sd_abundance
Birds Fish Post 1821.623 1882.926
Birds Fish Pre 3017.717 2509.496
Birds NoFish Post 2257.243 2324.635
Birds NoFish Pre 4088.981 5140.673
NoBirds Fish Post 1805.652 2028.517
NoBirds Fish Pre 5919.426 5709.769
NoBirds NoFish Post 2263.500 2187.454
NoBirds NoFish Pre 2821.677 3182.385