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. 2024 Sep 4;39(9):174. doi: 10.1007/s10980-024-01948-3

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics of local habitat structure variables and their correlation with the first three principal components of the local habitat variables PCA

Unit Mean SD Min Max PC1 (42.05%) PC2 (12.70%) PC3 (12.31%)
Area ha 62.63 115.47 0.30 464.37 0.79 0.44 − 0.25
Depth m 1.31 1.25 0.40 6.00 0.87 0.39 − 0.15
Emergent plants % 9.25 15.64 0.00 75.00 − 0.54 − 0.08 − 0.13
Submerged plants % 6.48 12.33 0.00 57.50 − 0.5 0.46 − 0.31
Floating plants % 16.56 23.09 0.00 80.00 − 0.59 0.47 − 0.03
Surface algae % 0.29 1.44 0.00 7.50 − 0.28 0.34 − 0.47
Open water % 64.38 33.73 3.00 100.00 0.79 − 0.43 0.21
Woody debris % 3.04 6.70 0.00 35.00 − 0.56 0.15 − 0.14
Woody/trees % 66.54 28.95 0.00 100.00 0.16 0.54 0.78
Herbaceous % 31.88 29.13 0.00 100.00 − 0.24 − 0.53 − 0.76
Artificial % 1.58 3.02 0.00 10.00 0.77 − 0.07 − 0.18
Canopy cover % 21.71 25.84 0.00 82.50 − 0.63 0.19 − 0.33
Rock % 3.38 11.78 0.00 48.00 0.77 0.43 − 0.35
Sand % 7.35 12.12 0.00 50.00 0.76 − 0.31 0.03
Silt % 89.27 18.80 35.00 100.00 − 0.92 0.05 0.12
Velocity cm/s 6.12 14.83 0.00 60.00 0.86 0.3 − 0.29
Connectivity % 41.4 34.9 0 100 0.22 − 0.25 − 0.23

The explained variance of each principal component is shown in parentheses