“…Dashed lines are for power regression fit to the data (Macrophytes: St = 558 Re −0.56 , R 2 = 0.45, n = 22; Fish: St = 5.91 Re −0.11 , R 2 = 0.24, n = 202; present study: St = 3 × 10 6 Re −1.50 , R 2 = 0.44; n = 7). Macrophyte data compiled from Koehl and Alberte (1988) for Nereocystis luetkeana , Stevens and Hurd (1997) for Macrocystis integrifolia , Denny and Roberson (2002) for Eisenia arborea , Koehl et al (2008) for N. luetkeana , Huang et al (2011) for N. luetkeana , and Vettori and Nikora (2019) for Saccharina latissimi at peak. Fish data compiled from Bainbridge (1958) for Leuciscus leuciscus, Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus , and Carassius auratus , Pyatetskiy (1970) for Sarda sarda and Pomatomus saltatrix , Hunter and Zweifel (1971) for Trachurus symmetricus , Webb (1971) for O. mykiss gairdneri , Webb and Keyes (1982) for Triakis semifasciata , Sphyrna tiburo , and Carcharhinus melanopterus , Videler and Hess (1984) for Pollachius virens and Scomber scombrus , Webb et al (1984) for O. mykiss gairdneri , Videler and Wardle (1991) for Acipenser fulvescens and Gadus morhua , Triantafyllou et al (1993) for Abramis brama and P. saltatrix , and Tytell and Lauder (2004) for Anguilla rostrata .…”