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Table 3 No. of biomanipulations with available effect sizes

From: What is the influence of a reduction of planktivorous and benthivorous fish on water quality in temperate eutrophic lakes? A systematic review

 

Before/During effect sizes

Before/After effect sizes*

 

All

Meta-analysable

Selected dataset

All

Meta-analysable

Selected dataset

Chlorophyll a concentration

87

75

30

73

65

26

Secchi depth

94

81

34

78

66

27

Total phosphorus concentration

106

81

28

92

71

27

Cyanobacteria abundance

35

27

13

23

13

5

Total phytoplankton abundance

39

29

13

24

13

4

Daphnia abundance

22

15

8

22

12

6

Cladocera abundance

24

15

8

23

13

7

Total zooplankton abundance

23

14

8

20

10

6

  1. *Data available for at least one of the first three post-manipulation years.