Table 1.

Effects of increasing productivity on the temporal variance and coefficient of variation of algae and micrograzers in the first series of experiments

Trophic group	Treatment (n)	Temporal variance			Coefficient of variation
		Mean	SD	P	Mean	SD	P
Algae	Control (8)	5.33	5.58	0.407	22.02	12.52	0.478
	+ nutrients (7)	16.50	37.06		29.28	23.16
Micrograzers	Control (8)	4.3 × 105	5.1 × 105	0.268	88.17	42.98	0.879
	+ nutrients (7)	8.4 × 105	8.6 × 105		84.92	37.09