Resistance of rocky intertidal communities to oceanic climate fluctuations

Fig 3. Average yearly measures (Mean ± SD) among capes (panels) and sites (colors) for a) the maximum daily air temperature (Max Air Temp), and b) the mean daily water temperature (Mean SST). Cape Foulweather (greens) includes Boiler Bay (BB) and Fogarty Creek (FC), Cape Perpetua (reds) includes Yachats Beach (YB), Strawberry Hill (SH) and Tokatee Klootchman (TK), Cape Blanco (blues) includes Cape Blanco North(CBN), Cape Blanco South (CBS), Port Orford Heads (POH) and Rocky Point (RP), and Cape Mendocino (purples) includes Cape Mendocino North (CMEN) and South (CMES). Dashed lines are linear fits of the data. All daily values were calculated from loggers recording every 15 minutes, then the yearly means and standard deviations were calculated from daily values. Air temperature values were taken from warm seasons (from April to the survey month) and water temperature was taken for the year. Missing data are from years where we were unable to maintain or discontinued the instrument deployments. These data were included as covariates in models analyzing community structure. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297697.g003 PLOS ONE Resistance of rocky intertidal communities PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297697 May 29, 2024 11 / 34