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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Main Author: Philip L Munday
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-11-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001809
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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
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Reanalysis shows there is not an extreme decline effect in fish ocean acidification studies.
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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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