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Table 3 Correlation coefficients associated with the linear regression between gut contents versus fish biomass, slope and intercept

From: Evaluation of algal regulation by herbivorous fishes on Caribbean coral reefs

Species

r Coefficient

Number of individuals

Slope

Intercept

Acanthurus bahianus

0.6068

23

0.012***

0.565

Acanthurus chirurgus

0.8628

20

0.015***

0.442

Acanthurus coeruleus

0.9111

29

0.015***

−0.101

Scarus iserti

0.8600

27

0.009***

−0.014

Sparisoma aurofrenatum

0.7106

21

0.006***

0.053

Sparisoma chrysopterum

0.8726

20

0.008***

0.062

Sparisoma rubripinne

0.8797

21

0.001***

0.175

Sparisoma viride

0.9018

21

0.011***

−0.313

  1. P value: *** P ≤ 0.001;  P > 0.05