Table 4 Classification success of a quadratic discriminant function analysis (Q-DFA) model run on elemental ratios in the shells of juvenile green-lipped mussels (P. canaliculus) collected in January 2015 from six sites along the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

From: Combining genotypic and phenotypic variation in a geospatial framework to identify sources of mussels in northern New Zealand

Predicted collection site

Collection site

Scott Pt

Ahipara Jan 15

Ahipara Feb 15

Ahipara Mar 15

Tanutanu

Mitimiti

Whatipu

Oakura

n analysed

% Classified correctly

ROC area

Scott Pt

47

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

49

96

0.9983

Ahipara Jan 15

2

45

1

0

0

0

0

1

49

92

0.995

Ahipara Feb 15

0

0

47

0

0

0

0

0

47

100

0.9979

Ahipara Mar 15

0

0

0

50

0

0

0

0

50

100

1.0000

Tanutanu

0

1

0

0

49

0

0

0

50

98

1.0000

Mitimiti

0

1

0

1

0

48

0

0

50

96

0.9999

Whatipu

0

0

0

0

0

0

50

0

50

100

1.0000

Oakura

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

46

50

92

0.9972

Total

50

50

50

51

49

48

50

48

395

96.7

0.9964

  1. Additional mussels were collected from Ahipara in February and March 2015. Sites listed from north to south.
  2. Numbers in bold, on the diagonal, indicate the number of mussels from a collection site that were correctly classified as being from that site (the predicted collection site).