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...
Published in: | PLOS Biology |
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Language: | English |
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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 |
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. |
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