Table 3. Results of two-factor ANCOVA comparing fish density between zones (control versus impact) and between years (2004–2009), with habitat indices as covariatesa.
Source of variation | Total coral cover (d.f. = 1, 309) | Hard coral cover (d.f. = 1, 309) | Structural complexity (d.f. = 1, 309) | Zone(d.f. = 1, 309) | Year(d.f. = 3, 309) | Zone × Year(d.f. = 3, 309) |
Coral troutb | 0.378 | 0.286 | 0.613 | 0.048 | 0.001 | 0.118 |
Coral trout (excl. 2009 data) | 0.168c | 0.190c | 0.773c | 0.286c | 0.038d | 0.043d |
Stripey snapperb | 0.958 | 0.818 | 0.013 | 0.445 | 0.100 | 0.299 |
Parrotfishb | 0.437 | 0.773 | 0.164 | 0.362 | 0.363 | 0.214 |
Bommie codb | 0.153 | 0.050 | 0.305 | 0.225 | 0.046 | 0.238 |
Rabbitfish | 0.182 | 0.321 | 0.916 | 0.010 | 0.111 | 0.669 |
Hard coral cover | – | – | – | 0.254e | 0.145f | 0.107f |
Total coral cover | – | – | – | 0.001e | 0.305f | 0.755f |
Complexity | – | – | – | 0.001e | 0.291f | 0.280f |
Also shown are results of two-factor ANOVA of habitat indices. Data originate from 40 underwater visual transects per zone per year. Values are probabilities. d.f., degrees of freedom.
Data were transformed (y = Log10[x+1]) to homogenize variances.
d.f. = 1, 231.
d.f. = 2, 231.
d.f. = 1, 312.
d.f. = 3, 312.