Table 2.
Correlation of El Nino years tuna catches with oceanic parameters
| SLP | U | V | W | SST | YFT | BET | SKJ | ALB | SBF | LOT | FRI | BLT | FRZ | KAW | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLP | 1.00 | ||||||||||||||
| U | -0.33 | 1.00 | |||||||||||||
| V | -0.27 | -0.41 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||
| W | -0.52 | -0.38 | 0.63* | 1.00 | |||||||||||
| SST | -0.58 | -0.38 | 0.38 | 0.75* | 1.00 | ||||||||||
| YFT | -0.51 | -0.33 | 0.54 | 0.79* | 0.68* | 1.00 | |||||||||
| BET | -0.28 | -0.33 | 0.67 | 0.72* | 0.51 | 0.90 | 1.00 | ||||||||
| SKJ | -0.61 | -0.30 | 0.63* | 0.85** | 0.84** | 0.87 | 0.83 | 1.00 | |||||||
| ALB | -0.22 | -0.04 | 0.29 | 0.56 | 0.52 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.38 | 1.00 | ||||||
| SBF | 0.79** | -0.04 | -0.52 | -0.80 | -0.68 | -0.74 | -0.71 | -0.79 | -0.33 | 1.00 | |||||
| LOT | -0.43 | -0.39 | 0.72* | 0.92** | 0.86** | 0.62 | 0.67 | 0.83 | 0.69 | -0.74 | 1.00 | ||||
| FRI | -0.23 | -0.44 | 0.77** | 0.84** | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.57 | -0.72 | 0.90 | 1.00 | |||
| BLT | -0.22 | -0.51 | 0.89** | 0.86** | 0.62 | 0.69 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.48 | -0.67 | 0.88 | 0.93 | 1.00 | ||
| FRZ | -0.43 | -0.52 | 0.69* | 0.95** | 0.86** | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.86 | 0.57 | -0.73 | 0.97 | 0.88 | 0.91 | 1.00 | |
| KAW | -0.45 | -0.45 | 0.68* | 0.95** | 0.86** | 0.73 | 0.77 | 0.89 | 0.59 | -0.77 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.99 | 1.00 |
*Correlated at 5% significance level.
**Correlated at 1% significance level.