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Table 8 Associations between moderators and effect sizes for the subset of studies for fish injury

From: What are the relative risks of mortality and injury for fish during downstream passage at hydroelectric dams in temperate regions? A systematic review

Moderator(s)

AICc

QE

QM

(A) All intervention types (k = 83)

 Null model

386.33

 Intervention type

348.34

2387.78 (p < 0.0001)

38.81 (p < 0.0001)

(B) Turbines (k = 37)

 Null model

184.43

 Site type + assessment time

177.15

278.26 (p < 0.0001)

13.56 (p = 0.001)

 Site type

178.16

301.69 (p < 0.0001)

10.74 (p = 0.001)

 Site type + source + assessment time

178.41

277.87 (p < 0.0001)

13.25 (p = 0.004)

 Site type + source

179.66

300.13 (p < 0.0001)

10.83 (p = 0.005)

 Assessment time

181.64

318.58 (p < 0.0001)

2.79 (p = 0.095)

 Source + assessment time

182.04

298.42 (p < 0.0001)

3.29 (p = 0.193)

 Source

184.62

334.86 (p < 0.0001)

0.481 (p = 0.488)

(C) General infrastructure (k = 20)

 Null model

43.17

 Life stage

41.73

6.71 (p = 0.992)

19.72 (p < 0.0001)

 Assessment time

44.05

24.49 (p = 0.140)

0.709 (p = 0.400)

  1. k: number of data sets (i.e., effect sizes); Site type: lab or field; Assessment time: < 24 h or ≥ 24–48 h (turbines), ≥ 24–48 h or > 48 h (general infrastructure); Source: hatchery or wild; Life stage: egg or juvenile. Null model = random-effects (unmoderated) model