Figure 5. Comparison of the experimental assemblages.

Mean (± standard deviation) of A: Species richness (S), B: Diversity (H’; Index of Shannon Wiener), C: Abundance (individuals per 10 cm⁻²), D: Trophic diversity (IDT⁻¹), E: Individual biomass (in µg wet weight), and F: Community biomass (in mg wet weight). HD  =  High diversity, LD  =  Low diversity. White bars  =  time₀ controls, light gray bars  =  control temperature (31°C), dark gray bars  =  high temperature (36°C). Asterisks indicate significance levels after multiple comparisons with Dunnett test between xDt₀ and xD₃₁ and xD₃₆ respectively. Significance between xD₃₁ and xD₃₆ were assessed with Student’s t-tests. *<0.05, **<0.01, ***<0.001.