Environmental Influences on Caribbean Fish Catch

Table 2

Multi-variate regression of environmental variables onto the seasonal cycle of chlorophyll averaged over the Caribbean 1998–2007.

(a) Using mixed layer depth, temperature and meridional wind stress. Multi-variate regression onto smoothed consecutive chlorophyll anomalies averaged over the Caribbean.

Adj R Sq	0.66	Regression statistics for seasonal Chl model
Std Error	0.04
ANOVA	deg.fr.	SS	MS	𝐹
Regression	3.0	0.04	0.01	7.99
Residual	8.0	0.01	0.00
	Coeff	Std Err	𝑡 Stat	𝑃-value
Intercept	−6.17	1.78	−3.47	.01
mixL.D.	0.02	0.01	3.01	.02
Temp	0.23	0.06	3.73	.01
Tau Y	7.18	1.94	3.70	.01

(b) Using rainfall, temperature, meridional currents and zonal wind stress. Refer to Figures 2(e) and 2(f).

Adj R Sq	0.45	Regression statistics for anomaly Chl model
Std Error	0.01
ANOVA	deg.fr.	SS	MS	𝐹
Regression	4.0	0.02	0.01	26.14
Residual	18.0	0.02	0.00
	Coeff	Std Err	𝑡 Stat	𝑃-value
Intercept	0.002	0.00	1.45	.15
Rain	0.0005	0.00	4.46	.00
Temp	−0.04	0.00	−8.09	.00
V cur	−1.97	0.38	−5.22	.00
Tau X	−2.08	0.28	−7.51	.00