Taxonomic Distinctness of Demersal Fishes of the California Current: Moving Beyond Simple Measures of Diversity for Marine Ecosystem-Based Management
Figure 4
Variation in taxonomic distinctness versus latitude for five depth zones.
Data were analyzed with Generalized Additive Models. Solid lines represent the smoothed trend. Broken lines are ±1 s.e. The data points shown are the residuals around the smoothed term. The y-axis label is the smoothed parameter and its estimated degrees of freedom from the GAM. * = p<0.05, ** = p<0.01, *** = p<0.001.