Fig 11. Relationship between directional shifts in distribution of larvae and adults in the Northeast U.S. Shelf Ecosystem.

Slopes of the linear regressions of the Kruskal-Wallis H values were used for each the 27 taxa where both life stages were examined in the along-shelf (A), cross-shelf (B), and depth (C) directions. Adults from the spring and fall trawl surveys were compared separately to larvae, and the slope of each regression line was tested to determine whether it was significantly different from zero, indicating the metrics of larval change and adult change were significantly related. * 0.025 < p ≤ 0.05, ** 0.001 < p ≤ 0.025, *** p ≤ 0.001.