Figure 4

Functional response of the relevant variables selected to explain the hotspots of Scarus trispinosus’ juveniles (mean of 2003–2008). The solid line is the smooth function estimate and shaded regions represent 95% credibility interval (CI). CCA crustose calcareous algae, SSS sea surface salinity. Graphs were plotted using the package “ggplot2”36 in the R software31.