Page Layout ⇒ Paragraph spacing changed after using supertabular-environm

[mippes]

Hi,
I am using the thesis.cls to make my latex-document. In the thesis paragraphs are separated by a blank line. This works perfect, however...after using a supertabular my paragraph spacing settings are different. After using the supertabular there is no paragraph spacing anymore.

Does anyone know how to get the default settings back? I tried things like \setlength{\parskip}{2ex} but that doesn't seem to help.

Thanks in advance,
Miriam

[mippes]

I am now using a totally different document class and notice the same problem. So the problem is somewhere in the \supertabular-package and not in the thesis.cls...

Miriam

[magicmoose]

Please post a Minimal Working Example. It is very difficult to find the problem without knowing what you have included in you document.

[mippes]

Ok, hereby an example:

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\documentclass{book}

\usepackage[sectionbib]{natbib}
\usepackage{supertabular}
\usepackage{lscape}


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\begin{document}



\section{Introduction}
or process due to lack off radiation under the canopy, past research studies show that it can vary between 10-50\% of throughfall. In Table \ref{tab:ffi_values} an overview of past results on forest floor interception are presented.\\

 isotope fractionation. Since transpiration does not fractionate water and interception evaporation does, this could be a way of separating the two evaporation processes.

\begin{landscape}
\begin{center}
\tablefirsthead{%
\hline
Source												& Forest floor type 							&Location			&$hoi$ [mm]&$hoi$ [\%]\\   [2.5ex]
\hline}

\tablehead{%
\multicolumn{5}{l}{\small\sl continued from previous page}\\
\hline
Source												& Forest floor type 							&Location			&$hoi$ [mm]&$hoi$ [\%]\\ [2.5ex]
\hline}

\tabletail{%
\hline
\multicolumn{5}{r}{\small\sl continued on next page}\\
}

\tablelasttail{\hline}
\bottomcaption{Forest floor interception values in literature, with the water storage capacity $hoi$ and the interception evaporation $hoi$ as percentage of net precipitation (i.e., throughfall).}

\begin{supertabular}{p{5cm} p{7cm} p{2.5cm} l c }
			\hline
  
			\hline
				\citet{Haynes1940}						&Kentucky bluegrass (\textit{Poa pratensis})		& ?				&				&56\footnotemark[1]\\	
				\citet{Kittredge1948}					&Californian grass (\textit{Avena, Stipa, Lolium, Bromus})& USA (CA)	& 				&26\footnotemark[1]\\
				\citet{Beard1956}							&\textit{Themeda} \& \textit{Cymbopogon}	& South Africa& 			&13\footnotemark[1]\\
				\citet{Helvey1964}						& Poplar    											& USA (NC)		&				&34\\	
				\citet{Brechtel1969}					& Scot's pine											& USA (NY) 	&  			& 21\\
																			& Norway spruce										& USA (NY)	&  			& 16\\
																			& Beech														& USA (NY)	& 				& 16\\
																			& Oak															& USA (NY)	& 				& 11\\
				\citet{Pathak1985}						&\textit{Shorea robusta}	\& \textit{Mallotus philippensis}				& India				&				&11.8\\
																			&\textit{Pinus roxburghii} \& \textit{Quercus glauca} &India&&7.8\\
																			&\textit{Pinus roxburghii}&India&&9.6\\
																			&\textit{Quercus leucotrichophora} \& \textit{Pinus roxburghii}&India&&10.6\\
																			&\textit{Quercus floribunda} \& \textit{Quercus leucotrichophora}&India&&11.0\\
																			&\textit{Quercus lanuginosa} \& \textit{Quercus floribunda}&India&&11.3\\
				\citet{Clark1940} in \citet{Thurow1987}	& Blue stem \textit{Andropogon gerardi Vitman}&USA (TX)			& 			&57-84\\
				\citet{Walsh1977}							&Pine (\textit{Pinus sylvestris})	&United Kingdom&0.6-1.7&\\	
																			&Beech (\textit{Fagus sylvaticus})&United Kingdom&0.9-2.8&\\
				\citet{Pitman1989}						&Bracken litter (\textit{Pteridium aquiliunum})&United Kingdom&1.67&\\
				\citet{Miller1990}						&Norway spruce										& Scotland		&	 		&18\footnotemark[1]\\
																			&Sitka spruce											& Scotland		&			&16\footnotemark[1]\\											\citet{Thamm1995}							&Beech (\textit{Asperulo-Fagetum})& Germany			&2.5-3.0	&12-28\\
				\citet{Putuhena1996} 					&\textit{Pinus radiata}						& Australia		& 2.78		&\\
																			&Eucalyptus												&	Australia		& 1.70		&\\																		\citet{Schaap1997} 						&Douglas fir										 	& Netherlands	& 				&0.23 mm d$^{-1}$\\	
				\citet{Li2000}								&Peble mulch (5-9cm) 							& China				&0.281		 	&11.5\footnotemark[1]\\	
																			&Peble mulch (2-6cm)							& China				&0.526		 	&17.4\footnotemark[1]\\							\citet{Sato2004}  						& \textit{Cryptomeria japonica}		& Japan				& 0.27-1.72&\\
																			& \textit{Lithocarpus edulis}			& Japan				& 0.67-3.05&\\																	\citet{Guevara-Escobar2007}		&Grass (\textit{Aristida divaricata})& Mexico			& 2.5			&\\
																			&Woodchips (\textit{Pinus})				& Mexico			&	8				&\\
																			&Poplar leaves (\textit{Populus nigra})& Mexico	&	2.3			&\\
				\citet{Gerrits2007b}					&Mosses \& grasses								& Netherlands	&3-15\footnotemark[2]				&52\footnotemark[1]\\
				\citet{Gerrits2009d}					&Beech (\textit{Fagus sylvatica})& Luxembourg	&	1.0-2.8	&10-35\footnotemark[1]\\

				\hline				

		\end{supertabular}
		\footnotetext[1]{percentage of gross precipitation instead of net precipitation}
		\footnotetext[2]{also includes soil moisture storage}
		\label{tab:ffi_values}
\end{center}
\end{landscape}


A remarkable difference between canopy and forest floor interception is the relatively small interception storage capacity
he forest floor. On the other hand, the canopy has a larger evaporative potential compared to forest floor \citep{Baird1999}. The higher evaporative potential is caused by more turbulent wind fluxes at the canopy level and more available radiation.\\

Another important difference is the large seasonal influence on canopy interception and the rather constant  considered.\\
\end{document}

As you run this you will see that on page 4 of the pdf (attached) no white line is added between two paragraph, while this is the case before the supertabular.

Hopefully, this makes my question more clear.

Thanks,
Miriam

[mippes]

Ok, I found the solution:
remove the \begin{center} and \end{center} and the problem is solved