Table 4.
Source | df | Young | Old | Total | |||
χ2 | P | χ2 | P | χ2 | P | ||
Alkalinity | 1 | - | - | 0.70 | 0.404 | 0.45 | 0.503 |
Habitat | 2 | 0.46 | 0.796 | 0.27 | 0.873 | ||
Site within a habitat | 2 | 3.08 | 0.215 | 5.54 | 0.063 | ||
Category of rainfall | 2 | 1.28 | 0.527 | 2.35 | 0.309 | ||
Conductivity | 1 | 1.72 | 0.189 | 0.11 | 0.743 | 0.03 | 0.872 |
Habitat | 2 | 2.68 | 0.262 | 0.01 | 0.993 | 0.28 | 0.869 |
Site within a habitat | 2 | 7.63 | 0.022* | 2.94 | 0.231 | 6.05 | 0.049* |
Category of rainfall | 2 | 1.70 | 0.427 | 1.32 | 0.518 | 2.59 | 0.273 |
Dissolved oxygen | 1 | - | - | 1.00 | 0.317 | 1.75 | 0.186 |
Habitat | 2 | 0.87 | 0.648 | 4.08 | 0.129 | ||
Site within a habitat | 2 | 3.46 | 0.177 | 5.83 | 0.054 | ||
Category of rainfall | 2 | 1.49 | 0.474 | 2.44 | 0.295 | ||
Nitrate | 1 | - | - | 0.27 | 0.602 | 0.91 | 0.339 |
Habitat | 2 | 0.11 | 0.946 | 1.28 | 0.526 | ||
Site within a habitat | 2 | 2.20 | 0.333 | 4.91 | 0.086 | ||
Category of rainfall | 2 | 1.25 | 0.536 | 1.89 | 0.389 | ||
Orthophosphate | 1 | 1.33 | 0.249 | 2.34 | 0.126 | 2.00 | 0.157 |
Habitat | 2 | 3.21 | 0.201 | 1.58 | 0.454 | 4.80 | 0.091 |
Site within a habitat | 2 | 8.24 | 0.016* | 0.88 | 0.645 | 4.38 | 0.112 |
Category of rainfall | 2 | 0.68 | 0.713 | 1.38 | 0.501 | 2.48 | 0.289 |
pH | 1 | 0.34 | 0.559 | 2.38 | 0.123 | 3.20 | 0.074 |
Habitat | 2 | 1.08 | 0.583 | 0.30 | 0.861 | 1.34 | 0.511 |
Site within a habitat | 2 | 7.71 | 0.021* | 1.80 | 0.406 | 4.81 | 0.090 |
Category of rainfall | 2 | 0.54 | 0.762 | 1.22 | 0.543 | 2.86 | 0.239 |
Temperature | 1 | - | - | 1.14 | 0.287 | 3.47 | 0.063 |
Habitat | 2 | 0.40 | 0.817 | 2.65 | 0.265 | ||
Site within a habitat | 2 | 1.58 | 0.454 | 5.90 | 0.052 | ||
Category of rainfall | 2 | 1.44 | 0.486 | 4.38 | 0.112 | ||
TDS | 1 | 2.00 | 0.157 | 0.24 | 0.626 | 0.02 | 0.895 |
Habitat | 2 | 2.93 | 0.231 | 0.05 | 0.977 | 0.33 | 0.849 |
Site within a habitat | 2 | 7.61 | 0.022* | 3.17 | 0.205 | 5.77 | 0.056 |
Category of rainfall | 2 | 1.98 | 0.371 | 1.31 | 0.521 | 2.63 | 0.268 |
Turbidity | 1 | - | - | 2.27 | 0.132 | 2.57 | 0.109 |
Habitat | 2 | 2.10 | 0.350 | 1.71 | 0.425 | ||
Site within a habitat | 2 | 0.26 | 0.878 | 2.91 | 0.234 | ||
Category of rainfall | 2 | 1.61 | 0.448 | 2.65 | 0.266 |
* P < 0.05, "-" not applicable