Interannual variations in the hatching pattern, larval growth and otolith size of a sand-dwelling fish from central Chile

Table 2 Linear regression models between body length (BL, mm) and sagitta otolith size parameters

Year	Model	α	SE	β	SE	R ²	F
2010	R versus BL	−5.99	2.24	8.07	0.33	0.907	587.65
	P versus BL	−27.91	12.96	45.33	1.91	0.902	557.83
	ln A versus BL	6.65	0.12	0.27	0.01	0.786	220.88
2011	R versus BL	23.07	7.03	4.66	0.92	0.401	25.53
	P versus BL	134.91	36.55	26.76	4.79	0.451	31.21
	ln A versus BL	7.83	0.21	0.15	0.02	0.451	31.21
2012	R versus BL	−3.65	4.29	5.44	0.37	0.858	211.55
	P versus BL	10.36	20.11	27.96	1.75	0.878	254.24
	ln A versus BL	6.87	0.11	0.17	0.01	0.911	362.28
2013	R versus BL	−8.16	7.94	8.14	0.65	0.764	155.64
	P versus BL	−12.94	38.07	43.55	3.12	0.801	193.73
	ln A versus BL	7.73	0.18	0.17	0.01	0.727	127.93

R radius (μm), P perimeter (μm), ln A natural logarithm of the area, SE standard error. All models were statistically significant at P < 0.001

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