Assessing indirect biodiversity conservation benefits of fisheries closures in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada

Fig 2. Bottom temperatures in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and preferred temperature ranges for three demersal fish species. (A) Baseline (2010–2019) and projected (2050–59, under SSP2-45, SSP5-85) bottom temperature variability, mean, and median across the Gulf of. St. Lawrence. Boxplots: upper and lower hinges correspond to the first and third quartiles; upper/lower whiskers extend to the highest/ lowest value within 1.5 times the interquartile range; horizontal lines within boxes correspond to the median; diamonds represent the mean; outlier dots represent data beyond the end of the whiskers. (B) Preferred temperature ranges for spawning and non-spawning adults of redfish (RH; Sebastes mentella, Sebastes fasciatus), Greenland halibut (GH; Reinhardtius hippoglossoides), and Atlantic halibut (AH; Hippoglossus hippoglossus). Analysis for changes for 2090–99 are in S2 Fig. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316754.g002 PLOS ONE Indirect biodiversity conservation in the Gulf of St. Lawrence PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316754 January 9, 2025 7 / 20