Table 2. Summary of PERMANOVA test on the effects of (a) Eunicella cavolinii and (b) Paramuricea clavata forests (Fo) on the recruitment of sessile assemblages at different sites (Si) and among plots (Pl) within Fo×Si (Bray-Curtis similarities on square root transformed data).

Source	df	SS	MS	Pseudo-F	P (perm)	Unique perms
(a) E. cavolinii
Fo	1	2’058	2’058	1.817	0.0347	9’926
Si	1	21’566	21’566	19.045	0.0001	9’914
Fo×Si	1	1601	1’601	1.413	0.1586	9’928
Pl (Fo×Si)	11	12’456	1’132	3.691	0.0001	9’719
Res	45	13’807	307
Total	59	51’597
(b) P. clavata
Fo	1	5’345	5’345	3.690	0.0001	9’930
Si	1	33’061	33’061	22.823	0.0001	9’929
Fo×Si	1	4’738	4’738	3.271	0.0003	9’920
Pl (Fo×Si)	12	17’425	1’452	2.754	0.0001	9’703
Res	47	24’779	527
Total	62	84’386