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 5

Spearman rank correlations between the mean (%) PP and the pooled densities of all octocoral species within reefs.

Reef sites
Spearman rankPelotasEnriqueSan CristobalMedia LunaOld BuoyWeinberg

(rho)0.490.26āˆ’0.73āˆ’0.200.540.12
-value0.360.660.100.660.300.80

coefficient = Spearman rank coefficient.
*Number of samples/correlation ( reefs).