Fig 3. Distance-based Redundancy Analysis (dbRDA) plot of the distLM model of the predictor variables best explaining variation in benthic fluxes measured in the Salish Sea and NE Pacific in 2011 and 2013.
Color represents sampling date: Black = May 2011; Red = July 2011; Blue = September 2013. Filled symbols denote benthic fluxes from the Salish Sea and open symbols denote NE Pacific benthic fluxes. Chl a:phaeo = Ln of sediment chl a:phaeo ratio; C:N = Ln of sediment carbon/nitrogen ratio; DO = bottom water dissolved oxygen concentration; MGS = sediment mean grain size.