Table 2.
Results of two‐way ANOVA testing the effects of predator removal, light reduction, and their interaction on the average densities of zooplankton and phytoplankton groups
| Removal | Light | Removal × Light | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | p | F | p | F | p | |
| Top predator | 19.32 | <.001 | 1.23 | .308 | 1.04 | .404 |
| Mesopredator | 15.89 | <.001 | 0.403 | .673 | 2.17 | .099 |
| Herbivore | 2.68 | .087 | 1.14 | .334 | 1.15 | .356 |
| Omnivore | 0.118 | .889 | 0.921 | .41 | 0.53 | .717 |
| Detritivore | 3.13 | .06 | 9.35 | <.001 | 1.39 | .264 |
| Total zooplankton | 1.88 | .172 | 9.37 | <.001 | 1.03 | .409 |
| Green algae | 0.536 | .591 | 4.317 | .024 | 0.321 | .861 |
| Cyanobacteria | 0.346 | .711 | 18.7 | <.001 | 1.68 | .184 |
| Diatom | 0.818 | .452 | 0.726 | .493 | 0.296 | .878 |
| Cryptophyta | 0.964 | .394 | 23.17 | <.001 | 1.94 | .133 |
| Total phytoplankton | 0.29 | .751 | 3.78 | .036 | 0.485 | .746 |
All densities were log (x + 1)‐transformed for the analyses. Significant effects (p < .05) are in bold.