Table 2.
Relationship between environmental, microbiological, biochemical and biometrical parameters and the mortality-free time (D0) of oysters by univariate Cox proportional hazards models.
N | Variable | Estimate | SE | χ2 | p | Odds ratio |
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1 | 18:1n-9/18:1n-7last | 0.117 | 0.020 | 32.91 | <0.001 | 1.124 |
2 | Distance to inshore oyster farms | −0.741 | 0.134 | 30.49 | <0.001 | 0.476 |
3 | Turbiditymean | 0.229 | 0.042 | 30.21 | <0.001 | 1.257 |
4 | 16:1n-7/16:0mean | −0.180 | 0.035 | 26.78 | <0.001 | 0.835 |
5 | TAG/STlast | −0.685 | 0.140 | 23.91 | <0.001 | 0.504 |
6 | Bathymetry | −0.324 | 0.069 | 22.01 | <0.001 | 0.723 |
7 | PUFA/SFAlast | −0.035 | 0.008 | 20.45 | <0.001 | 0.966 |
8 | Flesh mass | −0.400 | 0.091 | 19.54 | <0.001 | 0.670 |
9 | Branched +15:0 + 17:0last | 2.512 | 0.569 | 19.47 | <0.001 | 12.326 |
10 | Turbiditylast | 0.373 | 0.086 | 18.91 | <0.001 | 1.451 |
11 | TAGlast | −0.101 | 0.024 | 18.23 | <0.001 | 0.904 |
12 | Fluorescencelast | −0.174 | 0.041 | 18.00 | <0.001 | 0.840 |
13 | Shell mass | −0.246 | 0.059 | 17.33 | <0.001 | 0.782 |
14 | Salinitylast | 0.544 | 0.131 | 17.18 | <0.001 | 1.722 |
15 | PUFA/SFAmean | −0.056 | 0.014 | 16.84 | <0.001 | 0.945 |
16 | Bacteria in seawaterlast | 0.000 | 0.000 | 16.75 | <0.001 | 1.000 |
17 | Total body mass | −0.285 | 0.070 | 16.54 | <0.001 | 0.752 |
18 | Fluorescencemean | −0.655 | 0.164 | 15.92 | <0.001 | 0.520 |
19 | 16:1n-7/16:0last | −0.103 | 0.027 | 14.21 | <0.001 | 0.902 |
20 | Oxygenlast | −0.083 | 0.023 | 12.85 | <0.001 | 0.920 |
21 | 18:2n-6 + 18:3n-3last | 1.385 | 0.395 | 12.33 | <0.001 | 3.997 |
22 | Carbohydrate last | −0.014 | 0.004 | 12.14 | <0.001 | 0.986 |
23 | 20:5n-3/22:6n-3mean | 0.032 | 0.009 | 11.61 | 0.001 | 1.032 |
24 | Branched + 15:0 + 17:0mean | 3.798 | 1.210 | 9.84 | 0.002 | 44.606 |
25 | Shell length | −0.044 | 0.014 | 9.48 | 0.002 | 0.957 |
26 | Temperaturemean | −0.799 | 0.269 | 8.84 | 0.003 | 0.450 |
27 | TAG/STmean | −0.519 | 0.191 | 7.38 | 0.007 | 0.595 |
28 | Vibrio in oystermean | −0.192 | 0.071 | 7.21 | 0.007 | 0.825 |
29 | Carbohydratemean | −0.017 | 0.007 | 6.28 | 0.012 | 0.984 |
30 | 18:1n-9/18:1n-7mean | 0.080 | 0.032 | 6.14 | 0.013 | 1.083 |
31 | TAGmean | −0.071 | 0.032 | 4.82 | 0.028 | 0.931 |
When a variable was acquired more than once between deployment and D0, mean value (mean) and the value recorded before the onset of mortality (last) were used, except for the biometrical parameters where the overall growth rates were used. Only the significant parameters are presented and sorted in ascending order of χ2. Values of 18:1n-9/18:1n-7, 16:1n-7/16:0, PUFA/SFA and 20:5n-3/22:6n-3 were multiplied by 100 and concentrations of bacteria and vibrio in seawater and oysters were divided by 1000 to obtain manageable odds ratio.