Stat 555 
Statistical Ecology


SAS Files

West Hawai'i Protected Areas: whap mpa cancorr.sas

Analysis: Canonical correlation

Problem: data were collected on the abundance of live stages of the reef fish Zebrasoma flavescens over a three year period in new marine protected areas (FRA) sites before and after the FRA's were closed to aquarium collectors. The following variables were examined:

totalarea: total area of the FRA (h)

reefwidth : width of the FRA (km)

reefarea: area of the reef (h)

fingercoral: mean percent cover of finger coral Porites compressa

recruits: total number of  Zebrasoma flavescens recruits

juvs: total number of  Zebrasoma flavescens juveniles

adults: total number of  Zebrasoma flavescens adults

densitychange: absolute change in density of Zebrasoma before vs. after reserve closure as of 2002