Question;"Data subset";"Statistical approach";"Dependent variable";"Independent variables"
"Do abiotic factors affect consumption across estuarine gradients?";"The time period with benthic baits across the broadest salinity range for each bay (Appendix: data from summer 2022)";"GLM with gamma distribution and log link, adding terms sequentially and comparing models with AIC";"Proportion of baits eaten";"Mean salinity; Square of mean salinity; Salinity range; Bay; Mean temperature; Mean temperature × Mean salinity; Catch per unit effort (CPUE) of Carcinus maenas; CPUE of native consumers."
"Do abiotic factors affect consumption across estuarine gradients?";"Time period with baits across the broadest salinity range for each bay";"Segmented regression, gamma distribution with log link";"Proportion of baits eaten";"Mean salinity (specified as the segmented variable), Mean temperature, Bay"
"Does time period affect the relationship between salinity and consumption?";"Netarts Bay only, benthic baits across three time periods";"GLM with gamma distribution and log link, adding terms sequentially and comparing models with AIC";"Proportion of baits eaten";"Mean salinity; Square of mean salinity; Salinity range; Time period; Mean temperature; Mean temperature × Mean salinity; CPUE of C. maenas; CPUE of native consumers"
"Does bait height affect consumption?";"Netarts and Yaquina Bays only, time periods with the greatest salinity ranges, baits available to benthos versus to species 20 cm above the bottom";"GLM with gamma distribution and log link, adding terms sequentially and comparing models with AIC";"Proportion of baits eaten";"Height of bait; Bay; Mean salinity; Mean temperature; Square of mean salinity; Salinity range; Mean temperature × Mean salinity; CPUE of C. maenas; CPUE of native consumers"
"Does salinity affect C. maenas (invasive consumer) distribution along the estuarine gradient?";"The time period with benthic baits across the broadest salinity range for each bay";"GLM with gamma distribution and log link, adding terms sequentially and comparing models with AIC";"Catch of C. maenas as a fraction of all predators; (Appendix: CPUE of C. maenas)";"Mean salinity; Square of mean salinity; Salinity range; Bay; Mean temperature; Mean Temperature × Mean Salinity"
"Does salinity affect feeding rate of C. maenas?";"Laboratory experimental data on 1) 10, 22, 34 PSU; or 2) 10, 15, 20 PSU";"GLM with gamma distribution and log link";"Change in bait mass";Salinity