Fig. 4: Variance slope (Γ) comparisons between biogeochemical, physical, and biogeochemical vs physical variables.
From: Emergent patterns of patchiness differ between physical and planktonic properties in the ocean
Γchla correlates with the Γ of other biogeochemical parameters such as particulate attenuation (Γcp(443), a) and mean particle size (Γγ, b), and Γtemperature correlates with the Γ of other physical parameters such as salinity (Γsalinity, c) and (Γdensity, d), yet the Γ of biogeochemical vs physical variables don’t have a notable correlation (e, f). Larger colored markers correspond with the Longhurst provinces from Fig. 5. Contours partition the data’s probability mass function into five equal levels. N.b. correlations are shown for all data, not the Longhurst province means, and all plots have a p-value < 0.001.
