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. 2016 Jun 22;11(6):e0156641. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156641

Table 3. Species correlating with changes in their trophic group with depth.

Trophic Group Mean Biomass per transect Mean Percentage of Trophic Group Biomass per transect
Pseudo F p(perm) Direction Pseudo F p(perm) Direction
Herbivores
Acanthurus bahianus 2.87 0.051 - 0.67 0.405 -
Acanthurus coeruleus 1.66 0.178 - 1.12 0.306 -
Microspathodon chrysurus 7.93 0.002 0.06 0.874 -
Stegastes adustus 18.22 <0.001 0.10 0.786 -
Scarus iserti 5.01 0.010 0.32 0.580 -
Sparisoma aurofrenatum 3.63 0.012 5.12 0.012
Sparisoma chrysopterum 6.13 0.006 4.77 0.011
Sparisoma rubripinne 6.05 0.009 4.67 0.023
Sparisoma viride 18.19 <0.001 12.61 0.001
Invertebrate Feeders
Abudefduf saxatilis 4.23 0.012 33.27 <0.001
Lutjanus apodus 2.47 0.073 - 6.77 0.010
Lutjanus jocu 0.63 0.904 - 0.00 1.000 -
Lutjanus mahogoni 2.20 0.053 - 9.84 0.003
Omnivores
Kyphosus sectatrix 1.59 0.280 - 2.86 0.142 -
Piscivores
Aulostomus maculatus 1.91 0.253 - 2.09 0.252 -
Caranx ruber 0.82 0.567 - 0.00 1.000 -
Sphyraena barracuda 0.89 0.471 - 0.91 0.568 -
Planktivores
Clepticus parrae 0.93 0.401 - 6.96 0.008
Chromis cyanea 5.60 0.001 25.99 <0.001

Results for species exhibiting a >0.3 absolute value correlation with the first Principle Components Analysis axis for their trophic group. Correlations were tested using a PERMANOVA based on biomass per transect, and the percentage of biomass contribution to total biomass of that guild per transect. Significance of changes are indicated and the direction of change shown. See S2 Table for expanded version of this table.