Table 2 Results of Spearman’s rank correlation tests performed between acoustic and biological data.

From: Acoustic indices provide information on the status of coral reefs: an example from Moorea Island in the South Pacific

  

Time

Number of species

Number of fishes

H

Number of vocal species

Number of vocal fishes

Living coral %

Rubble %

Pavement %

Sand %

Macro-algae %

SPLRMS

Low

Day

ρ = −0.48; P = 0.23

ρ = −0.52; P = 0.19

ρ = 0.07; P = 0.88

ρ = −0.52; P = 0.19

ρ = −0.52; P = 0.19

ρ = 0.24; P = 0.58

ρ = −0.43; P = 0.29

ρ = −0.09; P = 0.84

ρ = 0.30; P = 0.47

ρ = 0.53; P = 0.17

Night

ρ = −0.39; P = 0.33

ρ = −0.62; P = 0.12

ρ = 0.19; P = 0.66

ρ = −0.47; P = 0.24

ρ = −0.62; P = 0.11

ρ = 0.70; P = 0.05

ρ = −0.82; P = 0.01

ρ = −0.55; P = 0.17

ρ = 0.62; P = 0.10

ρ = 0.28; P = 0.47

High

Day

ρ = 0.07; P = 0.86

ρ = 0.12; P = 0.79

ρ = −0.12; P = 0.79

ρ = 0; P = 1

ρ = 0.12; P = 0.79

ρ = 0.69; P = 0.07

ρ = −0.42; P = 0.30

ρ = −0.63; P = 0.10

ρ = 0.11; P = 0.80

ρ = 0.51; P = 0.20

Night

ρ = 0.06; P = 0.89

ρ = −0.05; P = 0.93

ρ = −0.07; P = 0.88

ρ = 0; P = 1

ρ = 0.05; P = 0.93

ρ = 0.70; P = 0.05

ρ = −0.49; P = 0.22

ρ = −0.52; P = 0.19

ρ = 0.11; P = 0.80

ρ = 0.53; P = 0.17

ACI

Low

Day

ρ = 0.67; P = 0.07

ρ = −0.12; P = 0.79

ρ = 0.76; P = 0.03

ρ = 0.71; P = 0.04

ρ = −0.12; P = 0.79

ρ = −0.28; P = 0.50

ρ = 0.29; P = 0.49

ρ = 0.19; P = 0.66

ρ = −0.08; P = 0.85

ρ = −0.35; P = 0.40

Night

ρ = 0.81; P = 0.01

ρ = 0.28; P = 0.50

ρ = 0.38; P = 0.36

ρ = 0.78; P = 0.03

ρ = 0.28; P = 0.50

ρ = −0.17; P = 0.70

ρ = 0.38; P = 0.35

ρ = 0.05; P = 0.93

ρ = 0.03; P = 0.95

ρ = −0.36; P = 0.38

High

Day

ρ = 0.54; P = 0.17

ρ = −0.17; P = 0.70

ρ = 0.67; P = 0.07

ρ = 0.55; P = 0.17

ρ = −0.17; P = 0.70

ρ = −0.47; P = 0.24

ρ = 0.35; P = 0.40

ρ = 0.50; P = 0.22

ρ = −0.11; P = 0.80

ρ = −0.43; P = 0.28

Night

ρ =  0.58; P = 0.13

ρ = −0.05; P = 0.93

ρ = 0.57; P = 0.15

ρ = 0.59; P = 0.13

ρ = −0.04; P = 0.93

ρ = −0.57; P = 0.15

ρ = 0.48; P = 0.23

ρ = 0.55; P = 0.17

ρ = −0.03; P = 0.95

ρ = −0.52; P = 0.19

  1. Significant correlations at α = 0.05 and tendencies are displayed in bold.