Table 2.

Zooplankton count data for the different variables included in the Bayesian network inference.

	Warm Temperate plankton	Warm Temperate Oceanic plankton	Cold Temperate plankton	Shelf Sea plankton	Sub Arctic plankton	Chlorophyll  Concentration	NAO	Sea Surface Temperature	Herring abundance
70s
Median	0.71	15.59	72.08	148.83	0.25	0.84	0.13	11.74	21.14
Zero	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Low	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5
High	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
80s
Median	2.38	12.71	31.73	114.66	0.33	0.81	0.27	10.15	4.92
Zero	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Low	3	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5
High	3	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
90s
Median	1.69	10.03	31.16	72.39	0.40	1.01	0.19	9.95	4.56
Zero	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Low	3	5	5	5	5	5	7	5	6
High	3	5	5	5	5	5	3	5	4

	Aurelia aurita	Other jellyfish	Chlorophyll Concentration	Cold temperate plankton	Sub artic plankton	Shelf sea plankton	Cold temperate oceanic plankton	Warm temperate plankton	Warm temperate oceanic plankton
2008
Median	4	2	1005	3090	3	8073	8073	23	480
Zero	92	75	0	85	82	0	14	4	4
Low	12	21	61	19	19	61	46	53	56
High	15	19	61	19	15	61	60	55	57

Median is the median count numbers for each variable which defines the break between the High and Low category.