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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Published in:PLOS Biology
Main Author: Philip L Munday
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001809
https://doaj.org/article/65ceffb2dd7f437e8d7537bfaa1a76a8
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Summary: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.