Table 4 Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r) and levels of significance (p) for the correlations between the cover percentage and age, years of experience, and number of dives.

From: Shifting baseline syndrome among coral reef scientists

For the Florida Keys, what should the baseline cover percentage for stony corals be (on average throughout the keys, bank reef, and buttress zone at a depth of 10 m)?

 

r

p

n

Cover percentage vs. age

0.052

0.72

50

Cover percentage vs. years of experience

0.256

0.072

50

Cover percentage vs. number of dives

0.024

0.87

49

  1. No correlations were significant at p = 0.05.
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