Supplementary table

Title: Ain’t no mountain high enough: The impact of severe typhoon on high mountain stream fishes

Submitted to “Environmental Biology of Fishes” as “Original Paper”

Jeng-Ping Chen1*, Colin KC Wen2*, Pei-Jie Meng3, Kah Leng Cherh2, Kwang-Tsao Shao4

1. Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, Kaohsiung, 852 Taiwan

2. School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, QLD 4811 Australia

3. National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Pingtung 944, Taiwan

4. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115 Taiwan

*These authors contributed equally to this work. Corresponding author: Colin KC Wen E-mail: ; J-P Chen:

Table 1S. Four N-mixture models (Poisson, Negative binomial, Zero-inflated Poisson and Zero-inflated negative binomial) results of (a) abundance, (b) biomass and (c) richness of mountain fishes with two factors (typhoon and site). Highest Akaike weight (bold font) suggest the best goodness-of-fit.

(a)

Model / Candidate formula / df / AICc / Akaike weight
Poisson / Fish abundance ~ null / 1 / 567.44 / 0
Fish abundance ~ Typhoon / 2 / 433.92 / 0
Fish abundance ~ Site / 4 / 484.22 / 0
Fish abundance ~ Typhoon* Site / 8 / 258.64 / 0
Fish abundance ~ Typhoon + Site / 5 / 351.25 / 0
Negative binomial / Fish abundance ~ null / 2 / 210.98 / 0
Fish abundance ~ Typhoon / 3 / 213.39 / 0
Fish abundance ~ Site / 5 / 212.56 / 0
Fish abundance ~ Typhoon* Site / 9 / 201.29 / 0
Fish abundance ~ Typhoon + Site / 6 / 206.71 / 0
Zero-inflated Poisson / Fish abundance ~ null / 2 / 284.53 / 0
Fish abundance ~ Typhoon / 3 / 285.42 / 0
Fish abundance ~ Site / 5 / 249.68 / 0
Fish abundance ~ Typhoon* Site / 9 / 196.55 / 0
Fish abundance ~ Typhoon + Site / 6 / 251.39 / 0
Zero-inflated negative binomial / Fish abundance ~ null / 3 / 191.77 / 0
Fish abundance ~ Typhoon / 4 / 194.34 / 0
Fish abundance ~ Site / 6 / 194.51 / 0
Fish abundance ~ Typhoon* Site / 10 / 171.70 / 1
Fish abundance ~ Typhoon + Site / 7 / 189.95 / 0

(b)

Model / Candidate formula / df / AICc / Akaike weight
Poisson / Fish biomass ~ null / 1 / 6725.5311 / 0.00
Fish biomass ~ Typhoon / 2 / 3825.7166 / 0.00
Fish biomass ~ Site / 4 / 5934.0206 / 0.00
Fish biomass ~ Typhoon* Site / 8 / 2642.4435 / 0.00
Fish biomass ~ Typhoon + Site / 5 / 3034.7527 / 0.00
Negative binomial / Fish biomass ~ null / 2 / 293.255 / 0.00
Fish biomass ~ Typhoon / 3 / 287.1612 / 0.00
Fish biomass ~ Site / 5 / 5935.8946 / 0.00
Fish biomass ~ Typhoon* Site / 9 / 276.4028 / 0.45
Fish biomass ~ Typhoon + Site / 6 / 280.6671 / 0.05
Zero-inflated Poisson / Fish biomass ~ null / 2 / 3355.5039 / 0.00
Fish biomass ~ Typhoon / 3 / 3118.1003 / 0.00
Fish biomass ~ Site / 5 / 2893.8513 / 0.00
Fish biomass ~ Typhoon* Site / 9 / 2345.137 / 0.00
Fish biomass ~ Typhoon + Site / 6 / 2474.6657 / 0.00
Zero-inflated negative binomial / Fish biomass ~ null / 3 / 283.6367 / 0.01
Fish biomass ~ Typhoon / 4 / 284.2297 / 0.01
Fish biomass ~ Site / 6 / 288.3961 / 0.00
Fish biomass ~ Typhoon* Site / 10 / 276.3446 / 0.47
Fish biomass ~ Typhoon + Site / 7 / 287.6208 / 0.00

(c)

Model / Candidate formula / df / AICc / Akaike weight
Poisson / Fish richness ~ null / 1 / 83.54822 / 0.00
Fish richness ~ Typhoon / 2 / 70.24536 / 0.55
Fish richness ~ Site / 4 / 87.95409 / 0.00
Fish richness ~ Typhoon* Site / 8 / 78.46189 / 0.01
Fish richness ~ Typhoon + Site / 5 / 75.19698 / 0.05
Negative binomial / Fish richness ~ null / 2 / 85.82893 / 0.00
Fish richness ~ Typhoon / 3 / 72.69065 / 0.16
Fish richness ~ Site / 5 / 90.78067 / 0.00
Fish richness ~ Typhoon* Site / 9 / 82.37972 / 0.00
Fish richness ~ Typhoon + Site / 6 / 78.25054 / 0.01
Zero-inflated Poisson / Fish richness ~ null / 2 / 85.59172 / 0.00
Fish richness ~ Typhoon / 3 / 72.68876 / 0.16
Fish richness ~ Site / 5 / 90.73236 / 0.00
Fish richness ~ Typhoon* Site / 9 / 82.37911 / 0.00
Fish richness ~ Typhoon + Site / 6 / 78.24933 / 0.01
Zero-inflated negative binomial / Fish richness ~ null / 3 / 88.03513 / 0.00
Fish richness ~ Typhoon / 4 / 75.31313 / 0.04
Fish richness ~ Site / 6 / 93.78492 / 0.00
Fish richness ~ Typhoon* Site / 10 / 86.67341 / 0.00
Fish richness ~ Typhoon + Site / 7 / 81.55601 / 0.00

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