Study site map;Experiment deployment;Figure effect of predation on observed functional diversity;Table:variation of environmental variables;manyglm univariate test results from Biotic interactions shape trait assembly of marine communities across time and latitude

location of 12 study sites across the latitudinal gradient;Summary of field deployment of experimental panels;Figure effect of predation on observed functional diversity;Mean and variation (coefficient of variation - CV) of environmental variables within sites in each region, within a single region, and among all regions;CWMs responses to region*assembly stage and region*assembly stage*treatment interactions captured with univariate tests from the manyglm. Significant CWMs under adjusted P-values (<0.05) are in bold.