Table 1. Multivariate linear regression analysis of body condition of American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) captured in South Florida from 1978–2015.

Variable	β	SE	P
Year	-0.001	0.001	0.942
Season (wet/dry)	-0.105	0.026	<0.001***
Size class (ref Juvenile)
Size class Subadult	0.304	0.024	<0.001***
Size class Adult	0.453	0.029	<0.001***
Area (ref NEFB)
Area CRL	0.027	0.040	0.505
Area WEST	0.116	0.031	<0.001***
Area BBC	0.102	0.041	0.014**
Area CAPE	0.098	0.040	0.015**
Area FLAM	0.246	0.034	<0.001***
Habitat (ref Canal)
Cove	-0.001	0.030	0.963
Pond	0.133	0.052	0.011**
Creek/River	0.076	0.043	0.076
Exposed Shoreline	0.090	0.059	0.131
Salinity Model (N = 707)
Size class (ref Juvenile)
Size Class Subadult	0.294	0.027	<0.001***
Size Class Adult	0.452	0.032	<0.001***
Salinity Days Low/year	-0.001	0.001	0.056
Salinity Days High/year	-0.002	0.001	0.009**
Salinity Max/year	-0.002	0.002	0.402
Salinity Min/year	0.010	0.003	0.002**
Salinity and Area Model (N = 707)
Size class (ref Juvenile)
Size class Subadult	0.311	0.028	<0.001***
Size class Adult	0.467	0.034	<0.001***
Area (ref NEFB)
Area CRL	0.101	0.049	0.833
Area WEST	0.103	0.043	0.018**
Area BBC	0.079	0.059	0.179
Area CAPE	0.172	0.080	0.031*
Area FLAM	0.229	0.065	<0.001***
Salinity Days Low/year	-0.001	0.001	0.128
Salinity Days High/year	-0.001	0.001	0.723
Salinity Max/year	-0.003	0.002	0.248
Salinity Min/year	-0.002	0.005	0.677

Salinity is measured in practical salinity units, β is an unstandardized coefficient of regression, Area/Location (NEFL = NE Florida Bay area, CRL = Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge area, West = West Lake/Seven Palm area, BBC = Biscayne Bay Complex, Cape = Cape Sable area, Flamingo = Flamingo area,

*p <0.05,

**p <0.01,

***p <0.001.