Fig 6. Fall climate velocities.

Slopes of observed versus predicted changes in depth (A, B) and latitude (C, D) for the northern NES: Gulf of Maine (A, C), and southern NES: Mid-Atlantic Bight/Georges Bank (B, D) sampled during the NEFSC fall bottom trawl surveys. Colors correspond to clusters (red: cluster 1N or 1S; blue: cluster 2N or 2S; green: cluster 3N or 3S; yellow: cluster 4N or 4S). Significance is indicated by ‘ns’: not significant; ‘*’: p < 0.05; ‘**’: p < 0.01; ‘***’: p < 0.001. The solid black line is the 1:1 relationship and the dashed black line corresponds to the linear model fit and provides a reference point for whether the clusters are moving faster or slower relative to climate velocity with respect to latitude and depth.