Linking Protection with the Distribution of Grouper and Habitat Quality in Seychelles

Table 1

Results of the mixed model analysis on the interaction between size category and MPA on the count of grouper species. Where no significant interaction term was found, the main effect of MPA was examined.

Species	Interaction value	Main effects value	⁢Mean count of fish (per site per transect)
	MPA size class	MPA and non-MPA	MPA	Non-MPA
A. rogaa	0.01	0.05	0.70	0.39
C. nigripinnis	0.03	0.31	0.25	0.14
E. fasciatus	0.54	0.42	0.25	0.22
C. miniata	0.41	0.05	0.62	0.15
C. argus	0.70	0.16	0.91	0.43
A. leucogrammicus	0.41	0.04	0.44	0.18