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. 2009 May 6;4(5):e5333. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005333

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*
a

Regression coefficient and intercept values computed from untransformed data; test statistics computed from arcsine(ˆ0.5) transformed data (Zar 1999).

b

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.

C

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.