Table 1.
Best five models (GAM) for predicting abundance of adult and sub-adult Pomacentrus moluccensis. (Top models (<2 ΔAIC) are indicated in italics. Numbers in parentheses indicate the lag in years between the level of a variable (e.g. per cent cover of live corymbose coral) and current abundances of adult and sub-adult fish.)
| model | d.f. | r2 | ΔAICc | AICc wt | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sub-adults | zone, % corymbose coral (−1) | 8 | 0.40 | 0 | 0.51 |
| zone | 6 | 0.26 | 3.04 | 0.11 | |
| % corymbose coral (−1), juveniles (−1) | 7 | 0.30 | 3.29 | 0.10 | |
| juveniles (−1) | 5 | 0.19 | 4.10 | 0.06 | |
| % corymbose coral (−1) | 5 | 0.19 | 4.20 | 0.06 | |
| adults | zone | 6 | 0.26 | 0 | 0.36 |
| zone, % corymbose coral (−3) | 8 | 0.34 | 0.57 | 0.27 | |
| zone, % corymbose coral (−2) | 8 | 0.31 | 2.57 | 0.10 | |
| % corymbose coral (−3) | 5 | 0.12 | 4.55 | 0.04 | |
| % corymbose coral (−2) | 5 | 0.11 | 5.03 | 0.03 |