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Table 2 Summary of regression analysis of first, second and third order between fish species richness and latitude

From: Latitudinal diversity patterns of Chilean coastal fishes: searching for causal processes

Habitat

Model

P value

r 2

AIC

AICw

Intertidal

Lineal

<0.001

0.70

−7.883

0.003

Quadratic

<0.001

0.90

−14.104

0.070

Cubic

<0.001

0.93

−19.273

0.927

Subtidal

Lineal

<0.001

0.67

−42.130

0.001

Quadratic

0.001

0.71

−51.166

0.127

 

Cubic

0.001

0.81

−55.022

0.872

  1. All models are significant and ranked in terms of the coefficient of determination (r2), Akaike information criteria (AIC) and weighted AIC (AICw) of the respective model.