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Table 2.

GAM selection based on AIC.

GAM	R² (%)	AIC	Explanation Rate (%)
Log(abundance + 1) = s(YEAR)	14.39	550.6193	26.85
log(abundance + 1) = s(YEAR) + s(LON)	20.81	542.8741	31.77
log(abundance + 1) = s(YEAR) + s(LON) + s(LAT)	21.59	539.7905	32.67
log(abundance + 1) = s(YEAR) + s(LON) + s(LAT) + s(SST)	27.33	534.9276	37.39
log(abundance + 1) = s(YEAR) + s(LON) + s(LAT) + s(SST) + s(SSS)	32.47	529.0556	42.27
log(abundance + 1) = s(YEAR) + s(LON) + s(LAT) + s(SST) + s(SSS) + s(Wind_{_speed})	32.11	530.8148	41.96
log(abundance + 1) = s(YEAR) + s(LON) + s(LAT) + s(SST) + s(SSS) + s(Wind_speed) + s(Wind_{_dir})	29.77	532.7855	40.33
log(abundance + 1) = s(YEAR) + s(LON) + s(LAT) + s(SST) + s(SSS) + s(Wind_speed) + s(Wind_{_dir}) + s(SSC_{_speed})	30.69	531.2447	41.23
log(abundance + 1) = s(YEAR) + s(LON) + s(LAT) + s(SST) + s(SSS) + s(Wind_{_speed}) + s(Wind_{_dir}) + s(SSC_{_speed}) + s(SSC_{_dir})	27.51	533.1651	39.84