Table 3 Significant results of the cross-correlation analysis (CCA) comparing recruitment and Seascape variability (% Cover) and correspondent generalized additive models (GAM).

From: Reef larval recruitment in response to seascape dynamics in the SW Atlantic

 

CCA

GAM

r

lag

t

p

F

p

R-sq

Abundance

Total * Seascape 5

0.51

− 1

7.13

 < 0.001

2.23

0.012

0.27

Total * Seascape 15

0.49

1

7.65

 < 0.001

2.19

0.009

0.27

Snails * Seascape 3

0.64

− 1

6.29

 < 0.001

15.62

 < 0.001

0.71

Snails * Seascape 5

0.64

− 1

5.98

 < 0.001

14.54

 < 0.001

0.72

Snails * Seascape 15

0.41

 + 1

6.23

 < 0.001

14.67

 < 0.001

0.73

Crab/Shrimp * Seascape 27

0.44

− 1

4.39

0.0003

0.959

0.039

0.15

Bivalve * Seascape 13

0.62

 + 2

7.11

 < 0.001

56.85

 < 0.001

0.91

Richness * Seascape 21

− 0.45

0

7.35

 < 0.001

3.00

0.027

0.40

Abundance * SST

Total

0.41

0

6.74

 < 0.001

0.81

0.0504

0.13

Total

0.42

− 1

6.43

 < 0.001

0.61

0.0781

0.10

Snails

0.01

0

3.20

0.0041

0.00

1.000

 < 0.01

Crab/Shrimp

0.44

0

4.36

0.0002

1.03

0.0349

0.15

Bivalve

− 0.08

0

2.09

0.0479

0.00

0.6900

 < 0.01

Richness * SST

0.25

0

14.76

 < 0.001

1.31

0.0645

0.16

  1. r is the correlation coefficient; lag is the time lag (months); t and F for statistic, R-sq for adjusted R-squared, and D.Exp for % deviance explained by the model. Significant results (p < 0.05) are in bold. See Supplementary Table S7 in Supplementary material for full CCA results.
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