What we also did was to estimate the average temperature for the period 1995-1999 and then calculate the averaged growth for various levels of prey abundance. We then could relate yearly growth to the average growth rate and see how the growth anomalies varies between years. In this plot it is quite clear that 1999 is striking is a year of high growth rate, given high prey abundance, and this also fits well with observed values. Still, we need to compare these results with observed values of RNA:DNA.