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. 2014 Jan 15;9(1):e85825. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085825

Table 5. PERMANOVA analyses comparing the sanctuary zone to local fished area ratio (SZ/FA) for univariate measures of fish assemblages, numerically-dominant families and key fish species among sanctuary zones (SZ) and among years since the commencement of the zoning plan for the Batemans Marine Park.

(a) Species richness (b) Total abundance
df MS p-F P MS p-F P
SZ 5 1.70 16.15 <0.01 6.97 4.57 <0.01
Years 3 0.18 1.24 0.33 4.39 2.25 0.13
SZ × Years 15 0.15 1.47 0.13 2.03 1.33 0.21
Residual 168 0.11 1.52
(c) Carangidae (d) Kyphosidae
df MS p-F P MS p-F P
SZ 5 26.72 3.38 <0.05 114.14 8.60 <0.01
Years 3 2.64 0.12 0.96 30.17 2.04 0.14
SZ × Years 15 25.65 3.24 <0.01 15.05 1.13 0.35
Residual 168 7.91 13.27
(e) Labridae (f) Monacanthidae
df MS p-F P MS p-F P
SZ 5 2.18 6.77 <0.01 9.98 4.28 <0.01
Years 3 1.10 2.30 0.12 15.18 3.29 <0.05
SZ × Years 15 0.51 1.57 0.10 5.04 2.16 <0.05
Residual 168 0.32 2.33

p-F = pseudo F ratio generated by PERMANOVA.