Table 4 Results of DISTLM models run on SIA data vs. environmental variables and resource availability, according to the different trophic guilds for (A) Sprattus sprattus, (B) Sardina pilchardus, (C) Engraulis encrasicolus.

From: The pelagic food web of the Western Adriatic Sea: a focus on the role of small pelagics

Variable

AIC

Pseudo-F

p

Prop

Cumul

Res.df

(A)

 DO2

− 34.6

19.99

0.001

0.20

0.20

79

(B)

 Ab_OMN-CARN

38.75

17.31

0.001

0.11

0.11

136

 Ab_OMN-HERB

33.39

7.39

0.003

0.05

0.16

135

 S

29.25

6.09

0.002

0.04

0.20

134

 T

28.53

2.65

0.07

0.02

0.21

133

 Ab_CARN

28.36

2.09

0.14

0.01

0.22

132

(C)

 S

87.99

50.32

0.001

0.21

0.21

187

 T

73.08

17.42

0.001

0.07

0.28

186

 Ab_CARN

64.50

10.64

0.002

0.04

0.32

185

 Turb

44.96

22.22

0.001

0.07

0.39

184

 Fluo

35.15

11.80

0.001

0.04

0.43

183

 DO2

16.36

21.16

0.001

0.06

0.49

182

  1. Ab_OMN-HERB Abundance of omnivore-herbivore zooplankton, Ab_OMN-CARN Abundance of omnivore-carnivore zooplankton, Ab_CARN Abundance of carnivore zooplankton, Turb Turbidity, DO2 dissolved oxygen concentration, S Salinity, T Temperature, Fluo Fluorescence, n.s. not significant.