Appendix A. Disturbance treatments used in the microcosm experiment.
Treatment |
No. patches removed |
Frequency (per week) |
Disturbances per week |
Total no. disturbances |
Control |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
One disturbance on week 4 |
1 |
0.25 |
0.25 |
1 |
One disturbance every 3rd week |
1 |
0.33 |
0.33 |
2 |
One disturbance every 2nd week |
1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
3 |
One disturbance per week |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
Two disturbances once every 2nd week |
2 |
0.5 |
1 |
7 |
Two disturbances per week |
2 |
1 |
2 |
14 |
One disturbance twice per week |
1 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
Three disturbances per week |
3 |
1 |
3 |
21 |
Two disturbances twice per week |
2 |
2 |
4 |
28 |
Three disturbances twice per week |
3 |
2 |
6 |
42 |