Reanalysis shows there is not an extreme decline effect in fish ocean acidification studies.
This Formal Comment uses re-analysis after appropriate corrections to claim that the extreme decline effect reported by Clements et al. is a statistical artefact caused by the way they corrected for zeros in percentage data, exacerbated by errors in data compilation, selective data inclusions and mi...
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description | This Formal Comment uses re-analysis after appropriate corrections to claim that the extreme decline effect reported by Clements et al. is a statistical artefact caused by the way they corrected for zeros in percentage data, exacerbated by errors in data compilation, selective data inclusions and missing studies with strong effects. |
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spelling | doaj.art-65ceffb2dd7f437e8d7537bfaa1a76a82023-05-12T05:30:30ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Biology1544-91731545-78852022-11-012011e300180910.1371/journal.pbio.3001809Reanalysis shows there is not an extreme decline effect in fish ocean acidification studies.Philip L MundayThis Formal Comment uses re-analysis after appropriate corrections to claim that the extreme decline effect reported by Clements et al. is a statistical artefact caused by the way they corrected for zeros in percentage data, exacerbated by errors in data compilation, selective data inclusions and missing studies with strong effects.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001809 |
spellingShingle | Philip L Munday Reanalysis shows there is not an extreme decline effect in fish ocean acidification studies. PLoS Biology |
title | Reanalysis shows there is not an extreme decline effect in fish ocean acidification studies. |
title_full | Reanalysis shows there is not an extreme decline effect in fish ocean acidification studies. |
title_fullStr | Reanalysis shows there is not an extreme decline effect in fish ocean acidification studies. |
title_full_unstemmed | Reanalysis shows there is not an extreme decline effect in fish ocean acidification studies. |
title_short | Reanalysis shows there is not an extreme decline effect in fish ocean acidification studies. |
title_sort | reanalysis shows there is not an extreme decline effect in fish ocean acidification studies |
url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001809 |
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