Table 3. Simple and partial Spearman’s rank correlations of particulate organic matter (POM) cover and megafauna biomass with selected seabed terrain-related variables.
| All grid cells | Common grid cells (n = 309) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple correlation | Simple correlation | Partial correlation | ||||
| POM(n = 779) | Biomass(n = 471) | POM | Biomass | POM | Biomass | |
| POM | — | — | — | 0.161* | — | −0.013 |
| Biomass | — | — | 0.161* | — | −0.013 | — |
| Water depth | −0.537*** | −0.602*** | −0.535*** | −0.219*** | −0.412*** | −0.150* |
| Distance | −0.623*** | −0.441*** | −0.631*** | −0.163** | −0.465*** | −0.081 |
| Slope | 0.405*** | 0.383*** | 0.564*** | 0.152* | 0.177** | 0.019 |
| Rugosity | 0.257*** | 0.150*** | 0.379*** | 0.092 | −0.078 | −0.014 |
| Curvature | −0.012 | 0.031 | −0.050 | −0.002 | −0.042 | 0.003 |
(Distance, distance from hill crest; n, number of map grid cells [100 × 100 m] contributing data; statistical significance, *p < 0.01, **p < 0.005, ***p < 0.001).