Table 1 Environmental variables are stronger predictors of Cliona orientalis distribution and abundance than biotic variables.
From: A decadal analysis of bioeroding sponge cover on the inshore Great Barrier Reef
Response | Predictors | R2 | AIC | ∆AIC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Category | n | Description | ||||
Presence-absence | Environmental | 3 | Chlorophyll a, fine sediment*, total carbon in sediment | 0.29 | 39.5 | 3.4 |
1 | Chlorophyll a | 0.01 | 47.8 | 11.7 | ||
1 | Total carbon in sediment | 0.12 | 43.1 | 10.0 | ||
1 | Fine sediment* | 0.28 | 36.1 | 0 | ||
Biotic | 4 | Coral, macroalgae, sponge, and abiotic percent cover | 0.11 | 44.2 | 7.9 | |
Geography | 1 | Latitude | 0 | 52.1 | 16.0 | |
Percent cover | Environmental | 3 | Chlorophyll a, fine sediment*, total carbon in sediment | 0.40 | 260.0 | 36.0 |
1 | Fine sediment* | 0.38 | 256.8 | 32.8 | ||
1 | Total carbon in sediment* | 0.19 | 266.6 | 42.6 | ||
1 | Chlorophyll a | 0 | 275.7 | 51.7 | ||
Biotic | 4 | Coral, macroalgae, sponge, and abiotic percent cover | 0.10 | 224.0 | 0 | |
Geography | 1 | Latitude | 0.05 | 272.9 | 48.9 | |
Change in percent cover | Environmental | 3 | Chlorophyll a, fine sediment, total carbon in sediment | 0.33 | −32.6 | 5.4 |
1 | Chlorophyll a* | 0.30 | −35.9 | 2.1 | ||
1 | Total carbon in sediment | 0.12 | −32.3 | 5.7 | ||
1 | Fine sediment | 0.03 | −30.7 | 7.3 | ||
Biotic | 4 | Coral, macroalgae*, sponge, and abiotic percent cover | 0.42 | −33.0 | 5.0 | |
1 | Coral | 0.01 | −30.4 | 7.6 | ||
1 | Macroalgae* | 0.39 | −38.0 | 0 | ||
1 | Sponge | 0.05 | −31.0 | 7.0 | ||
1 | Abiotic | 0.11 | −32.1 | 5.9 | ||
Geography | 1 | Latitude | 0.10 | −31.8 | 6.2 | |
