Research Article

Natural Prey Preferences and Spatial Variability of Predation Pressure by Cyphoma gibbosum (Mollusca: Gastropoda) on Octocoral Communities off La Parguera, Puerto Rico

Table 4

Spearman rank correlations between the mean (%) PP and octocoral species density for the six most affected species across all reefs.

Octocoral spp. value

B. asbestinum 0.090.80
*G. ventalina āˆ’0.940.02
P. americana 0.140.80
P. acerosa 0.090.92
P. flexuosa āˆ’0.260.66
*P. porosa 0.900.02

Significant values ().