Table 3. Regression statistics of predatory reef-fish presence across a gradient of human population density.
Family | Taxa | Common name | TLmax (cm) | Intercept | SE | Coef | SE | t-Value | p-Value C |
Aulostomidae | Aulostomus maculatus | trumpetfish | 100 | 0.4827 | 0.0306 | 0.0005 | 0.0002 | 3.089 | 0.0027* |
Carangidae | Caranx spp. | jacksa | 69b | 0.7690 | 0.0242 | −0.0003 | 0.0001 | −2.374 | 0.0199 |
Carcharhinidae | Carcharhinus spp. | requiem sharksa | 300b | 0.0887 | 0.0142 | −0.0002 | 0.0001 | −4.152 | 0.0001* |
Lutjanidae | Lutjanus cyanopterus | cubera snappera | 160 | 0.0672 | 0.0095 | −0.0002 | 0.0000 | −5.572 | <0.0001* |
L. jocu | dog snappera | 128 | 0.0975 | 0.0142 | −0.0001 | 0.0001 | −2.131 | 0.0361 | |
L. analis | mutton snappera | 94 | 0.1659 | 0.0198 | −0.0002 | 0.0001 | −1.770 | 0.0805 | |
L. griseus | gray snapper | 89 | 0.1551 | 0.0165 | −0.0002 | 0.0001 | −2.568 | 0.0120 | |
Ocyurus chrysurus | yellowtail snapper | 86 | 0.7602 | 0.0272 | −0.0004 | 0.0001 | −2.980 | 0.0038* | |
L. apodus | schoolmaster | 67 | 0.6091 | 0.0338 | −0.0006 | 0.0002 | −3.606 | 0.0005* | |
L. synagris | lane snapper | 60 | 0.0509 | 0.0126 | 0.0002 | 0.0001 | 3.015 | 0.0034* | |
L. mahogoni | mahogany snapper | 48 | 0.3445 | 0.0304 | 0.0003 | 0.0002 | 1.992 | 0.0497 | |
Serranidae | Mycteroperca bonaci | black groupera | 148 | 0.1810 | 0.0190 | −0.0006 | 0.0001 | −6.858 | <0.0001* |
Epinephelus striatus | Nassau groupera | 122 | 0.4607 | 0.0321 | −0.0013 | 0.0002 | −9.206 | <0.0001* | |
M. tigris | tiger groupera | 101 | 0.3112 | 0.0251 | −0.0009 | 0.0001 | −7.882 | <0.0001* | |
M. venenosa | yellowfin groupera | 100 | 0.0358 | 0.0042 | −0.0001 | 0.0000 | −4.753 | <0.0001* | |
E. guttatus | red hinda | 76 | 0.0090 | 0.0015 | −0.0001 | 0.0000 | −3.778 | 0.0003* | |
E. adscensionis | rock hinda | 61 | 0.0873 | 0.0138 | −0.0001 | 0.0001 | −1.366 | 0.1756 | |
Cephalopholis cruentata | graysby | 43 | 0.4705 | 0.0305 | 0.0004 | 0.0002 | 2.510 | 0.0140 | |
C. fulva | coney | 41 | 0.4632 | 0.0385 | 0.0004 | 0.0002 | 1.873 | 0.0646 | |
Sphyraenidae | Sphyraena barracuda | barracuda | 200 | 0.4616 | 0.0278 | −0.0006 | 0.0001 | −4.447 | <0.0001* |
Regression coefficient and intercept values computed from untransformed data; test statistics computed from arcsine(ˆ0.5) transformed data (Zar 1999).
Size data for sharks and jacks are from Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii) and bar jack (Caranx ruber), respectively, which were the most common family representatives.
Significant test after correction for multiple comparisons using sequential Bonferroni noted (*).
Note: Barbados was removed from the regressions since its high HPD (642people/km2) was approximately 50% greater than the second highest nation (i.e., outlier), and therefore quantitatively exaggerated the effect of HPD; trends were qualitatively unaffected.