Foraging behavior links climate variability and reproduction in North Pacific albatrosses

Table 2 Correlations between environmental variables and minimum/maximum values of variables used in PCA/GLM analyses

Correlations	MEI	NPGO	Distance to TZCF	Mean SST (Laysan)	Mean SST (Black-footed)
MEI	1.00
NPGO	−0.60	1.00
Distance to TZCF	−0.36	0.69	1.00
Mean SST	−0.48	0.61	0.76	1.00
(Laysan)	−0.48	0.61	0.76	1.00
Mean SST	−0.51	0.58	0.73	0.91	1.00
(Black-footed)	−0.51	0.58	0.73	0.91	1.00
Minimum	−1.68	−3.00	411 km	14.32 °C	20.78 °C
Maximum	3.00	2.96	1154 km	26.18 °C	24.52 °C

Correlations were evaluated at an annual time scale over a 31-year period (November–February mean values, 1982–2012); mean SST was calculated in brooding habitat of Laysan and Black-footed albatrosses, respectively

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