Table 1.

Output of multiple-regression analyses with the proportion of palatable sponges per site as the response variable and the corrected abundance of spongivorous fishes within 2,000 m³ of seawater along the reef transect as factors

Multiple regression output		Coefficient	SE	P value
Palatable sponges, all sites
Adjusted R2	0.328
Regression ANOVA	P < 0.001*
Intercept*		0.523	0.035	<0.001
Filefishes		0.010	0.023	0.659
Trunkfishes		0.002	0.009	0.853
Redband parrotfish		−0.003	0.002	0.087
Redtail parrotfish		−0.004	0.008	0.642
Stoplight parrotfish*		−0.008	0.004	0.033
Angelfishes*		−0.013	0.006	0.041
Palatable sponges, Cayman Islands and Jamaica
Adjusted R2	0.765
Regression ANOVA	P = 0.025*
Intercept*		0.731	0.076	<0.001
Filefishes		−0.018	0.024	0.490
Trunkfishes		−0.196	0.103	0.114
Redband parrotfish*		−0.023	0.007	0.022
Redtail parrotfish		−0.031	0.016	0.099
Stoplight parrotfish		0.035	0.018	0.109
Angelfishes		−0.032	0.022	0.202
Palatable sponges, Bonaire, Curaçao, and Martinique
Adjusted R2	0.946
Regression ANOVA	P = 0.010*
Intercept*		0.728	0.067	0.002
Filefishes		0.019	0.041	0.664
Trunkfishes		−0.013	0.014	0.440
Redband parrotfish*		−0.012	0.002	0.015
Redtail parrotfish		0.088	0.039	0.112
Stoplight parrotfish		0.002	0.003	0.665
Angelfishes*		−0.086	0.015	0.010

Shown are separate analyses of all sites, sites off Cayman Islands and Jamaica, and sites off Bonaire, Curaçao, and Martinique.

^*Denotes factors that are significant at P < 0.05.