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

Table 2

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

Species	Interaction value	ANOVA total fish	⁢Mean count of fish (per ⁢site per transect)
	BTMNP PLMNP	BTMNP PLMNP	PLMNP	BTMNP
A. rogaa	0.28	0.02	0.30	0.92
C. nigripinnis	0.96	0.01	0.02	0.38
E. fasciatus	0.25	0.99	0.25	0.25
C. miniata	0.89	0.03	0.06	0.91
C. argus	0.98	0.01	0.19	1.30
A. leucogrammicus	0.91	0.08	0.18	0.58