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Table 2 Results of stepwise multiple regressions between physical environmental variables and settlement rates of Cancer edwardsii in the Valdivia River estuary

From: Spatial variation in the environmental control of crab larval settlement in a micro-tidal austral estuary

Locality

Multiple R

P

Physical variable

Lag

B

R 2

Los Molinos

0.963

0.002

Zonal stress

5

23.755

0.42

  

0.04

Meridional stress

2

−4.566

0.1

Mancera

0.886

0.002

Tidal range

2

2.778

0.67

San Carlos

0.928

0.002

Upwelling

2

0.421

0.6

  

 0.03

Tidal range

5

1.885

0.18

  1. Only variables that are significant in each model are presented