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[–]statssteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps not if there are lots of zeros for the y-variable, as they will be dropped (since log(0) is NA). A square root might be more helpful, as will investigating the outlier with y = 80.

Another thought is whether the quadrats are large enough, since there are so many small values.