Multivariate analysis of Ecological Data - Greenacre & Primicer

Barents fish data set

Biogeography of fish in the Barents Sea
Sampling area: see map (grey area; arrows show main currents;
stippled line, polar front)
Sampling period: April-May 1997 (duration survey 3 weeks)
Sampling gear: bottom trawl (duration, 20 min; target species, shrimp)

The dataset consists of two tables:

Environmental variables
Latitude (N): sampling station's latitude
Longitude (E): sampling station's longitude
Depth (m): max station's depth
Temperature (C): water temperature at station

Species abundance data

List of species and their abbreviations in data set

Abb. Scientific name Family Common name

An de Anarhichas denticulatus Anarhichadidae Jelly wolffish/Arctic catfish
An lu Anarhichas lupus Anarhichadidae Wolffish/Atlantic cafish
An mi Anarhichas minor Anarhichadidae Spotted wolffish/catfish
Le de Leptagonus decagonus Agonidae Atlantic poacher
Cl ha Clupea harengus Clupeidae Herring
Ar at Artediellus atlanticus Cottidae Atlantic hookear sculpin
Tr spp Triglops murrayi Cottidae Moustache/mailed sculpin
Tr spp Triglops pingelii Cottidae Ribbed sculpin
Ca re Careproctus reinhardti Cyclopteridae Longfin seasnail
Cy lu Cyclopterus lumpus Cyclopteridae Lumpsucker
Bo sa Boreogadus saida Gadidae Polar cod
Ga mo Gadus morhua Gadidae Cod
Me ae Melanogrammus aeglefinus Gadidae Haddock
Mi po Micromesistius poutassou Gadidae Blue whiting
Tr es Trisopterus esmarkii Gadidae Norway pout
Be gl Benthosema glaciale Myctophidae Glacier lanternfish
Ma vi Mallotus villosus Osmeridae Capelin
Pa bo Pandalus borealis Pandalidae Shrimp
No rk Notolepis rissoi krøyeri Paralepididae White barracudina
Hi pl Hippoglossoides platessoides Pleuronectidae Long rough dab
Re hi Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Pleuronectidae Greenland halibut
Ra ra Raja radiata Rajidae Starry ray
Se ma Sebastes marinus Scorpaenidae Golden redfish
Se me Sebastes mentella Scorpaenidae Deepwater redfish
Le ma Leptoclinus maculatus Stichaeidae Spotted snake blenny
Lu la Lumpenus lampraetaeformis Stichaeidae Snake blenny
Ly es Lycodes esmarkii Zoarcidae Esmark´s eelpout
Ly eu Lycodes eudipleurostictus Zoarcidae Eelpout (ncn)
Ly pa Lycodes pallidus Zoarcidae Pale eelpout
Ly re Lycodes reticulatus Zoarcidae Arctic eelpout
Ly se Lycodes seminudus Zoarcidae Eelpout (ncn)
Ly va Lycodes vahlii Zoarcidae Vahl´s eelpout
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Multivariate analysis of Ecological Data - Greenacre & Primice

Barents fish data set

Station Environmental data Station Species abundance data

ID No Latitude Longitude Depth Temperature Re_hi An_de
356 71.10 22.43 349 3.95 356 0 0
357 71.32 23.68 382 3.75 357 0 0
358 71.60 24.90 294 3.45 358 0 0
359 71.27 25.88 304 3.65 359 0 0
363 71.52 28.12 384 3.35 363 0 0
364 71.48 29.10 344 3.65 364 1 0
365 71.10 29.92 347 3.55 365 0 0
366 71.03 30.87 300 3.85 366 0 0
367 71.32 31.20 260 2.95 367 0 2
368 71.30 32.15 256 3.35 368 0 3
369 71.22 33.15 254 2.55 369 3 1
370 71.58 32.37 297 2.65 370 1 4
371 71.68 31.25 332 2.85 371 1 0
372 71.72 30.77 358 1.95 372 5 0
373 72.02 31.67 320 1.65 373 7 6
375 72.25 32.93 285 1.25 375 1 1
376 72.45 34.32 285 0.15 376 2 2
377 72.72 35.60 234 0.65 377 0 0
378 72.83 34.58 228 0.55 378 0 0
379 72.90 33.33 227 0.35 379 0 0
380 72.62 32.05 268 0.95 380 1 0
381 72.35 30.78 295 2.85 381 1 5
382 72.08 29.43 290 3.05 382 0 0
383 71.82 28.17 308 3.25 383 0 0
384 71.55 27.00 350 3.35 384 0 0
385 71.93 26.07 280 3.35 385 0 2
386 72.22 27.25 234 3.15 386 0 0
387 72.48 28.55 305 2.85 387 1 0
388 72.75 29.53 296 1.65 388 2 0
389 73.02 31.23 286 2.35 389 0 9
390 73.28 32.55 277 1.85 390 1 2
391 73.62 34.13 294 0.95 391 3 2
392 73.67 35.18 255 1.25 392 0 0
393 73.87 34.22 305 0.55 393 5 6
394 73.93 33.02 297 0.75 394 0 0
395 73.67 31.78 348 2.15 395 9 22
396 73.38 30.18 350 2.45 396 3 1
397 73.17 28.88 334 2.45 397 1 2
398 72.92 27.60 300 2.45 398 0 0
399 72.60 26.33 290 2.95 399 0 0
400 72.28 25.17 273 3.35 400 0 0
401 72.65 24.10 335 3.35 401 0 5
402 73.02 25.43 438 1.85 402 8 0
403 73.25 26.80 440 2.15 403 18 1
404 73.53 28.07 382 2.15 404 5 1
405 73.80 29.42 358 1.85 405 3 1

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406 74.12 30.83 315 0.65 406 1 1

407 74.43 30.92 285 0.95 407 0 1
409 74.33 32.15 225 0.35 409 0 0
410 74.75 31.25 300 1.35 410 5 1
411 75.08 31.43 347 0.55 411 6 2
412 75.40 31.85 306 0.75 412 5 0
413 75.72 32.10 311 1.15 413 1 0
414 75.93 33.42 272 0.35 414 1 0
415 75.73 32.55 306 0.55 415 1 0
416 75.47 30.50 375 1.05 416 26 1
417 75.82 30.77 327 0.95 417 7 0
418 75.62 29.10 317 0.95 418 7 4
419 75.62 28.05 256 0.35 419 0 0
420 75.18 27.63 278 0.55 420 0 0
428 75.22 29.05 342 0.85 428 25 1
429 75.12 30.33 380 1.25 429 13 0
430 74.80 30.00 384 1.05 430 7 0
431 74.48 29.78 373 1.15 431 9 1
432 74.17 29.48 372 1.65 432 10 3
439 74.18 28.28 394 1.85 439 4 5
440 74.53 28.50 395 1.35 440 6 3
441 74.85 28.77 362 0.85 441 5 3
442 74.92 27.35 324 1.05 442 3 1
443 74.62 26.17 332 1.15 443 0 3
444 74.58 27.23 379 1.05 444 2 4
445 74.25 27.00 408 1.45 445 6 1
446 73.90 26.97 415 1.55 446 14 3
447 73.60 25.67 439 1.85 447 20 0
448 73.32 24.28 398 2.05 448 1 2
449 73.03 23.02 399 1.85 449 9 0
450 73.02 21.92 434 2.05 450 2 0
451 73.08 20.95 455 1.65 451 9 2
453 74.27 23.98 370 1.45 453 2 3
454 73.95 22.15 474 1.55 454 10 3
455 73.67 20.63 486 1.65 455 12 2
456 73.70 19.65 362 1.65 456 2 3
457 73.75 18.55 263 1.55 457 0 1
458 74.07 17.30 209 1.85 458 0 0
459 74.33 16.87 215 2.35 459 0 1
460 73.12 18.52 420 2.05 460 1 1
461 73.12 19.70 432 1.85 461 2 1
462 70.83 21.32 167 4.45 462 0 0
465 73.38 17.37 462 1.95 465 0 0

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ies abundance data

An_mi Hi_pl An_lu Me_ae Ra_ra Mi_po Ar_at No_rk Lu_la Ma_vi
0 31 0 108 0 325 0 0 0 2
0 4 0 110 0 349 0 1 0 0
0 27 0 788 0 6 0 0 0 0
1 13 0 295 0 2 0 0 0 3
0 23 0 13 2 240 0 0 0 16
0 20 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 21 0 220 0 3 0 1 0 3
0 35 0 373 0 5 0 0 0 0
1 74 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 39 0 336 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 29 0 36 9 0 0 0 0 25
4 70 1 9 4 0 0 0 0 24
4 57 0 40 2 0 0 0 0 22
1 50 0 23 6 0 0 0 0 95
1 98 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 69
1 92 0 0 9 0 5 0 1 27
0 288 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1
0 61 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 8
0 51 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 1
3 61 1 0 0 0 20 0 1 2
2 152 0 4 6 0 10 0 0 24
0 100 0 127 5 2 0 0 0 21
0 48 0 243 4 0 0 0 0 76
0 16 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 76
0 13 0 231 0 7 0 0 0 230
0 46 0 119 0 4 2 0 0 41
0 34 0 1179 0 1 0 0 0 8
2 47 0 112 4 8 0 0 0 3
2 133 0 86 2 0 1 0 0 59
2 68 0 28 2 2 16 0 0 39
0 219 0 3 3 0 6 0 0 14
1 161 0 3 13 1 6 1 0 2
0 554 0 2 11 0 16 0 2 12
0 450 0 0 9 0 11 1 0 46
0 59 0 13 5 0 8 0 2 9
0 132 0 57 24 1 1 0 0 9
0 77 0 148 10 1 0 1 0 12
1 179 0 173 3 1 0 0 0 11
1 49 0 189 0 0 2 0 1 3
0 33 0 74 1 0 10 0 0 26
0 87 0 294 0 0 3 0 0 22
0 40 0 63 1 2 0 0 0 7
0 82 0 30 3 5 0 8 0 0
1 68 0 42 11 0 0 1 0 8
1 60 0 44 0 2 0 2 0 1
0 187 0 60 11 0 1 2 0 45

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1 22 0 4 3 0 7 1 0 19
1 39 0 3 2 0 10 0 0 2
0 38 0 0 1 0 10 0 4 3
2 106 0 1 6 0 19 0 5 5
0 253 0 0 5 0 10 0 1 67
1 87 0 1 3 0 5 0 9 6
0 145 0 0 0 0 12 0 10 7
0 222 0 0 0 0 19 0 7 3
0 73 0 0 1 0 11 0 4 4
0 98 0 0 2 0 6 0 2 42
0 58 0 0 3 0 42 0 10 42
1 161 0 0 4 0 116 0 1 80
0 128 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 398
0 130 0 1 3 0 8 0 0 119
0 99 0 1 1 0 13 0 2 49
0 131 0 0 9 0 4 0 0 12
1 75 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 43
0 78 0 6 3 0 1 1 0 84
1 110 0 12 7 0 4 0 0 16
0 50 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 36
0 83 0 1 5 0 5 2 0 32
0 67 0 0 7 0 17 0 0 78
1 188 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 42
1 58 0 0 3 0 45 0 0 25
0 80 0 1 7 0 13 0 0 23
0 130 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 24
0 37 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 136
0 61 0 1 5 0 0 7 0 5
0 44 0 7 3 1 0 0 0 20
0 61 0 12 0 0 0 5 0 9
1 69 0 2 5 4 0 26 0 2
0 90 0 0 2 2 0 16 0 5
2 73 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6
0 187 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 4
0 289 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
0 91 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 1
2 198 0 4 6 0 9 0 0 1
1 161 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
0 103 3 4 4 2 1 0 0 0
0 78 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 12
0 65 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 6
0 10 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Bo_sa Cy_lu Cl_ha Se_me Le_de Ga_mo Le_ma Se_ma Tr_es Ly_pa
0 1 4 7 0 44 0 10 309 0
0 0 0 93 0 138 0 2 1041 0
0 0 0 37 0 675 0 2 218 0
0 0 0 0 0 357 0 15 77 0
0 1 3 958 0 76 0 2 13 0
0 0 15 101 0 368 0 2 196 0
0 0 0 36 0 825 0 15 229 0
0 0 0 39 0 547 0 20 218 0
0 0 0 7 0 98 0 0 83 0
0 3 0 1 0 188 0 1 0 0
0 1 2 0 0 72 0 0 0 0
0 1 6 36 0 202 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 92 0 92 0 0 28 0
0 0 2 53 0 125 0 0 9 0
0 0 0 72 0 143 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 7 0 351 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 3 0 186 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 6 494 4 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 4 1346 5 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 272 0 8 0 0
0 0 0 38 2 742 0 0 0 0
0 0 4 106 0 278 1 0 5 0
0 0 0 40 0 478 0 0 10 0
0 0 7 13 0 66 0 2 108 0
0 2 57 179 0 9 0 0 12 0
0 0 25 30 0 166 0 0 91 0
0 0 2 0 0 213 0 0 23 0
0 0 0 30 0 210 0 0 10 0
0 0 0 48 0 1403 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 21 0 671 0 7 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 611 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 21 1 97 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 265 13 6 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 31 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 2 303 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 106 0 522 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 196 0 162 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 335 0 144 0 0 4 0
0 0 0 94 0 187 0 0 5 0
0 0 0 17 0 101 0 4 1 0
0 0 1 181 0 142 0 0 114 0
0 2 0 256 0 141 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1107 0 62 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 637 0 45 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 230 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 166 0 172 1 0 0 0

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0 0 0 13 0 44 1 0 1 0
0 0 0 9 4 196 1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 6 277 10 1 0 0
0 0 0 14 5 295 2 5 0 0
31 0 0 0 6 439 2 0 0 0
6 0 0 0 13 672 11 2 0 0
207 0 0 3 27 904 47 0 0 0
138 1 0 0 16 53 157 0 0 0
66 0 0 0 32 308 107 0 0 3
35 0 0 48 49 369 13 0 0 1
3647 1 0 0 0 0 293 0 0 0
881 1 0 0 20 5 8 0 0 1
68 0 0 0 8 903 25 2 0 0
1 0 0 27 4 227 3 3 0 0
168 0 0 59 36 270 13 0 0 1
5 0 0 73 23 66 5 0 0 1
3 0 0 62 3 155 0 0 0 1
14 0 0 185 0 75 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 232 1 147 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 82 0 117 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 184 1 46 0 1 0 5
6 0 0 30 10 31 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 64 4 228 7 0 0 0
1 0 0 71 5 116 1 0 0 0
12 0 0 96 5 150 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 170 0 53 0 0 0 0
2 1 0 386 1 28 0 2 0 0
0 0 0 646 0 24 0 2 0 0
0 0 0 955 0 40 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 635 0 35 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1060 0 54 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 411 0 20 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 93 0 311 0 2 0 0
0 0 0 124 3 32 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 313 0 46 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 127 1 130 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 31 0 137 0 8 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 121 0 21 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 21 0 24 0 0
0 0 0 368 0 48 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 368 0 0 0 3 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 30 0 30 110 0
0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 0

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Ly_eu Ly_re Ly_se Ly_es Ly_va Be_gl Ca_re Tr_spp

0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 845
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1740
0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 1763
0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 767
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1347
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 801
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1355
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1238
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 383
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 572
0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 181
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 362
0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 341
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 370
0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 410
0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 499
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 490
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 576
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 1426
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 379
0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 997
0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 665
0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 906
0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 427
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 741
0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 533
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1462
0 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 438
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1737
0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 872
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 861
0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 321
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 883
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 561
0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 406
0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 911
0 0 0 0 19 2 4 0 637
0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 861
0 0 0 0 11 0 2 0 544
0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 271
0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 859
0 0 0 1 12 0 1 0 531
1 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 1315
2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 837
0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 354
0 1 0 0 22 0 2 0 674

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0 2 0 0 7 0 4 0 131
0 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 278
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 370
1 4 0 0 0 2 6 2 486
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 824
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 823
1 5 0 0 0 0 0 30 1399
0 7 1 0 0 0 1 2 628
0 3 4 0 0 0 0 121 738
2 1 1 0 0 0 4 53 753
0 4 0 0 0 0 0 292 4399
1 3 0 0 0 0 1 48 1343
0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19 1568
0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 535
0 1 0 0 1 0 5 29 774
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 346
0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 356
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 460
0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 550
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 306
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 375
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 258
0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 550
3 3 0 0 7 0 0 3 345
0 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 401
0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 395
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 618
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 772
0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 1084
0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 770
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1227
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 557
1 0 0 0 6 0 3 3 509
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 371
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 665
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 366
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 400
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 312
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 164
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 518
0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 455
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 232
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36

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