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. 2020 Mar 4;8:e8451. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8451

Table 5. Pivotal temperature and transitional range of temperatures (5%) for Lepidochelys olivacea RMUs.

Quantiles (0.025, 0.5, and 0.975) for pivotal temperature and transitional range of temperatures (5%) using maximum likelihood (MLE, upper line) and Bayesian MCMC (Bay. MCMC, lower line) with logistic and flexit model for TSD pattern.

Pivotal temperature in °C Transitional range of temperatures in °C
Quantiles 0.025 0.5 0.975 0.025 0.5 0.975
RMU Logistic model
East Pacific MLE 30.27 30.46 30.66 1.66 2.19 2.77
Bay. MCMC 30.26 30.46 30.66 1.72 2.24 2.89
Northeast Indian MLE 28.74 29.27 29.50 0.17 3.28 10.89
Bay. MCMC 28.72 29.35 29.76 0.34 1.72 4.76
West Atlantic MLE 30.18 30.63 31.06 0.79 2.14 3.51
Bay. MCMC 30.23 30.65 31.15 1.29 2.44 4.53
RMU Flexit model
East Pacific MLE 30.58 30.92 31.23 1.96 2.81 4.08
Bay. MCMC 30.44 30.76 31.29 1.48 2.33 3.40
Northeast Indian MLE 29.66 34.31 45.71 na na na
Bay. MCMC 29.00 29.43 29.74 0.37 0.87 4.65
West Atlantic MLE 30.12 30.36 30.56 na na na
Bay. MCMC 30.34 30.82 31.52 1.02 2.37 28.13