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FIGURE 4.3 Growth models for Orconectes australis from Hering, Limrock and Tony Sinks<br />
caves. Dotted lines are upper and lower 95% confidence intervals. <strong>The</strong> pooled<br />
size-frequency distribution for each population is plotted to the right <strong>of</strong> each<br />
growth model. To the left <strong>of</strong> the size-frequency distribution are box and whisker<br />
plots. <strong>The</strong> boxes are the 25th and 75th percentile containing the mean (dashed<br />
line) and median (solid line); whiskers are error bars; dots are the 5th and 95th<br />
percentiles ............................................................................................................ 98<br />
FIGURE 4.4 Growth models for Orconectes australis from Shelta Cave. Black and grey solid<br />
lines are a reconstruction <strong>of</strong> Cooper’s (1975) maximum and mean growth models.<br />
<strong>The</strong> black dotted lines are the upper and lower 95% confidence intervals and the<br />
black dashed line is the mean for the growth model that was constructed using a<br />
subset <strong>of</strong> Cooper’s (1975) data and this study’s modeling technique [see Methods:<br />
Cooper’s (1975) growth models]. <strong>The</strong> pooled size-frequency distribution for the<br />
population is plotted to the right <strong>of</strong> the growth model. To the left <strong>of</strong> the sizefrequency<br />
distribution is a box and whisker plot. <strong>The</strong> box represents the 25th and<br />
75th percentile with the mean (dashed line) and median (solid line); whiskers are<br />
error bars; dots are the 5th and 95th percentiles .................................................. 99<br />
FIGURE 5.1 (A) Box and whisker plot <strong>of</strong> organic matter (left y-axis) and macroinvertebrate<br />
biomass (right y-axis) in Hering, Limrock, and Tony Sinks caves. Grey boxes are<br />
the 25 th and 75 th percentile and whiskers are the 5 th and 95 th percentiles. <strong>The</strong><br />
dashed and solid lines within each box are the mean and median, respectively. (B)<br />
Biomass (left y-axis) and secondary production (right y-axis) estimates for<br />
Orconectes australis in Hering, Limrock, and Tony Sinks caves. Bars are 95%<br />
confidence intervals. AFDM = ash-free dry mass. Significant differences (P <<br />
0.05) indicated by different letters. Note that different case letters do not indicate<br />
significant differences ........................................................................................ 130<br />
FIGURE 5.2 (A) Organic matter supply rate and (B) macroinvertebrate production in Hering,<br />
Limrock, and Tony Sinks caves with crayfish demand based on diets <strong>of</strong> organic<br />
matter and macroinvertebrates, respectively. (C) Organic matter and (D)<br />
macroinvertebrate surpluses in Hering, Limrock, and Tony Sinks caves. AFDM =<br />
ash-free dry mass. Asterisks indicate significant differences between resource<br />
supply rates and macroinvertebrate production and crayfish demand (e.g. nonoverlapping<br />
95% confidence intervals) ............................................................. 131<br />
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