sts, P≤0.01 for both).
The response curves (GAMs) of fish richness and abundance also
varied with reef distance (Fig. 4). AIC revealed negative trends for both
abundance and richness, but the first indicated that species richness
decreased exponentially with reef distance, whereas fish abundance
diminished linearly. Response curves (GAMs) of fish abundance with
reef distance were selected by AIC for four families and seven species