The figures 6A and 6B show the total biomass in mmol C m-2 of the spin-up years of both phytoplankton and zooplankton compartment. By comparing the simulation without (black lines) and with surviving mesozooplankton doing the diapause (dashed yellow line), the addition of the later does not have the same impact on each compartment. In the Figure 6A, there is no significant changes between the two scenarios (Wilcoxon test p-value = 0.371). In the figure 6B, the two scenario are significantly different (Wilcoxon test p-value < 1e-3) for the zooplankton total biomass with a reduction of the maximal biomass from 14% to 27% depending on the year.