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From: Future scenarios of marine resources and ecosystem conditions in the Eastern Mediterranean under the impacts of fishing, alien species and sea warming

Figure 4

Spearman’s rank correlation between the ecological indicators analysed and time for the ten scenarios (Table 1). Positive correlations are in blue and negative correlations in red. Legend colour shows the correlation coefficient and its correspondent colour gradient. Colour intensity and the size of the ellipses are proportional to the correlation coefficients, with more diffused and wider ellipses representing lower correlation strengths. When the indicator is non-significant (>0.05), it is represented with an “X” symbol. TotalB = Total biomass (t·km−2); ForF = Forage fish (t·km−2); InvB = Invertebrate biomass (t·km−2); PredB = Predatory biomass (t·km−2); Kempton = Kempton’s index; TotalC = Total catch (t·km−2·year−1); mTLco = mean Trophic Level of the community; mTLc = mean Trophic Level of the catches; TST = Total System Throughput (t·km−2·year−1); FCI = Finn’s Cycling Index (%); PL = Path length.

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