Adaptation of the European Fish Index (EFI+) to Include the Alien Fish Pressure
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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EFI+ | A-EFI+ | IBICAT2010 | IBI-JUCAR | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Intercept | 0.5332 *** | 0.5947 *** | 0.7095 *** | 0.7453 *** |
IHF | 0.0037 *** | 0.0024 * | 0.0015 | 0.0005 |
Agriculture | −0.0022 *** | −0.0029 *** | −0.0030 *** | −0.0044 *** |
Artificial | −0.0071 * | −0.0099 ** | −0.0082 * | −0.0117 ** |
Artificial2 | 0.0001 * | 0.0002 ** | 0.0001 | 0.0002 * |
N | 319 | 319 | 318 | 319 |
Residual standard error | 0.1899 | 0.2079 | 0.2384 | 0.2489 |
R2adj | 0.2193 | 0.2229 | 0.1849 | 0.2552 |
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Aparicio, E.; Alcaraz, C.; Rocaspana, R.; Pou-Rovira, Q.; García-Berthou, E. Adaptation of the European Fish Index (EFI+) to Include the Alien Fish Pressure. Fishes 2024, 9, 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes9010013
Aparicio E, Alcaraz C, Rocaspana R, Pou-Rovira Q, García-Berthou E. Adaptation of the European Fish Index (EFI+) to Include the Alien Fish Pressure. Fishes. 2024; 9(1):13. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes9010013
Chicago/Turabian StyleAparicio, Enric, Carles Alcaraz, Rafel Rocaspana, Quim Pou-Rovira, and Emili García-Berthou. 2024. "Adaptation of the European Fish Index (EFI+) to Include the Alien Fish Pressure" Fishes 9, no. 1: 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes9010013
APA StyleAparicio, E., Alcaraz, C., Rocaspana, R., Pou-Rovira, Q., & García-Berthou, E. (2024). Adaptation of the European Fish Index (EFI+) to Include the Alien Fish Pressure. Fishes, 9(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes9010013