Appendix B (TABLE B1). A table showing results of “drop one” analyses for components of all models within 2 AIC of top models.
| ΔAIC | |||||||||||||||
| Aquatic variables | Plant litter variables | ||||||||||||||
|
Response variable (model number) |
Site |
Hydro (days) |
Phenol (mg/l) |
June temp (°C) |
June DO (%) |
July temp (°C) |
July DO (%) |
Chl-α (µg/L) |
Origin | C:N | N:P | C:P |
Leaf Phenol (mg/g) |
Lignin (%) |
Litter (g) |
|
Probability that AA metamorphosed (1) |
4.17 | 5.92 | -0.92 | 5.61 | 4.75 | 7.99 | 4.69 | 2.58 | |||||||
|
Probability that AA metamorphosed (2) |
-0.70 | 3.41 | 6.04 | -0.47 | 6.67 | 5.09 | 8.76 | 3.59 | 1.59 | ||||||
|
Probability that LS metamorphosed (1) |
16.17 | 1.14 | 1.03 | 1.11 | -0.11 | 1.32 | |||||||||
|
Probability that LS metamorphosed (2) |
16.00 | 2.06 | 2.41 | -0.23 | 2.63 | 0.25 | 1.84 | ||||||||
|
Probability that LP metamorphosed (1) |
34.17 | 13.17 | -0.23 | 15.76 | 4.13 | 0.61 | 5.10 | 9.76 | |||||||
|
Probability that LP metamorphosed (2) |
34.50 | 10.65 | -0.47 | 16.24 | 4.61 | 0.56 | 5.11 | -1.51 | 9.19 | ||||||
|
% of AA that metamorphosed (1) |
3.31 | 3.46 | 2.76 | 4.22 | 2.22 | 14.44 | 0.51 | 1.69 | 7.75 | 1.15 | -0.93 | ||||
|
% of LS that metamorphosed (1) |
-0.59 | 2.22 | 0.99 | 5.15 | -0.10 | ||||||||||
|
LS% of LS that metamorphosed (2) |
0.26 | 3.23 | -0.04 | 2.71 | 5.08 | 0.01 | |||||||||
|
% of LS that metamorphosed (3) |
0.33 | 3.51 | 0.70 | 3.89 | 6.32 | 1.70 | -0.31 | ||||||||
|
% of LP that metamorphosed (1) |
5.93 | 5.03 | 1.42 | -0.77 | 2.22 | 9.47 | 8.68 | ||||||||
|
Days to AA metamorphosis (1) |
9.13 | -1.07 | 9.18 | 3.19 | 1.48 | 4.11 | 0.30 | 1.80 | |||||||
|
Days to AA metamorphosis (2) |
10.82 | 0.40 | 9.71 | 3.20 | 2.78 | -0.28 | 5.83 | 0.26 | 3.47 | ||||||
|
Days to LS metamorphosis (1) |
9.59 | 7.40 | 2.09 | 6.48 | 4.64 | 3.08 | -1.01 | ||||||||
|
Days to LP metamorphosis (1) |
20.71 | 16.29 | 1.89 | 11.05 | -1.02 | 13.86 | |||||||||
|
Days to LP metamorphosis (2) |
22.36 | 17.90 | 2.02 | 9.59 | -0.08 | 0.84 | 15.69 | ||||||||
| Biomass (1) | 37.66 | 1.33 | 1.39 | 9.82 | 2.33 | 4.46 | 2.39 | -0.28 | |||||||
Notes: ΔAIC refer to difference in AIC value between the top model and the top model less the focal variable. Larger ΔAIC indicates greater relative importance of variable in top model. Variable abbreviations include Hydro = hydroperiod, June temp. = mean June water temperature, July temp. = mean July water temperature, July DO = mean July dissolved oxygen, Phenol = soluble phenolic concentrations, and Litter = mean litter biomass. AA = Anaxyrus americanus, LS = Lithobates sylvaticus, LP = Lithobates palustris.