Figure 5. Partitioning of the variation in ecosystem function between the benthic community and the duration of hypoxia.

Ecosystem functioning was defined as all chemical fluxes, while the benthic community was described in terms of number of species, evenness, number of trait modalities, average number of species per trait modality, total abundance and total biomass. The variances explained when the 48-day treatment is excluded are within parenthesis.