Table 5.

Relative importance of predictor variables (calculated as the sum AIC weights from models that contain that variable within the 95% confidence interval) for Funiculina quadrangularis and Isidella elongata.

Species	Model		Depth	Slope	Rugosity	AspectNS	AspectEW	CurrentNS	CurrentWE	SBT	SBS	Fishing effort
Funiculina quadrangularis	Binomial	Importance	1.00	1.00	0.28	0.29	0.50	0.47	0.83	0.29	0.91	0.90
		N containing models	113	111	43	48	59	64	75	50	81	92
	Positive	Importance	0.59	0.69	0.84	0.66	0.66	1.00	0.48	0.90	0.68	0.94
		N containing models	121	83	117	78	106	156	72	111	89	115
Isidella elongata	Binomial	Importance	1.00	0.27	0.83	0.72	0.46	0.99	0.65	1.00	0.91	0.15
		N containing models	61	24	39	34	31	57	39	61	43	23
	Positive	Importance	0.36	0.34	0.35	0.99	0.28	0.37	0.28	0.77	0.99	0.70
		N containing models	109	109	102	229	97	108	96	140	232	124