Table 2.

Stability analysis and predicted/observed equilibrium biomass.

set	Lotka–Volterra model				non-additive model				experimental results
biomass at equilibrium				biomass at equilibrium				biomass after 12 months (mean and s.e.)
A	B	C	Re(EV)max	A	B	C	Re(EV)max	A	B	C
1	−75.82	151.98	−99.29	0.3691	6.69	3.60	13.23	−0.0416	4.38 (0.54)	3.38 (0.69)	14.02 (0.94)
2	3.24	1.34	13.15	0.0062	3.93	−1.05	19.27	0.0161	5.59 (1.13)	0.38 (0.08)	10.16 (1.80)
3	3.66	6.68	1.33	0.0014	17.76	3.85	0.56	−0.0091	17.82 (2.60)	2.91 (0.92)	0.54 (0.09)
4	11.70	−0.10	4.69	0.0006	18.20	0.04	2.16	−0.0004	11.74 (2.48)	1.10 (0.20)	3.88 (0.63)
5	−28.69	29.79	1.86	−0.0028	17.74	0.85	8.92	−0.0104	13.39 (3.19)	1.39 (0.15)	10.80 (1.30)
6	9.05	−3.70	9.87	0.0327	3.25	0.47	9.60	−0.0038	2.98 (0.44)	1.08 (0.16)	7.47 (0.61)

Bold printed equilibrium biomass and maximum eigenvalues (Re(EV)_max) indicate stable and feasible coexistence.