Relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.

<p>Illustrated are the relationships between: A) richness of meiofaunal taxa and prokaryotic heterotrophic production (µgC g⁻¹ d⁻¹); nematode diversity as ES(51) and prokaryotic heterotrophic production (µgC g⁻¹ d⁻¹); B) richness of meiofaunal taxa and prokaryotic heterotrophic production in different habitat types. Reported are R² values. P<0.01 for all linear regressions. Error bars indicate standard deviations among replicates (n = 3).