Table 1. ANOVA results for sediment properties and plant material comparing BEN, PAE and VIB estuaries.
Source | df | Mean grain size | Mud content | TOM | ||||||
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MS | F | p | MS | F | p | MS | F | p | ||
H | 1 | 0.64 | 0.680 | 0.50 | 710.88 | 1.813 | 0.31 | 1,244.64 | 4.448 | 0.17 |
E | 2 | 5.11 | 3.474 | 0.17 | 4,190.30 | 4.729 | 0.12 | 283.85 | 1.596 | 0.34 |
H × E | 2 | 0.95 | 0.635 | 0.59 | 392.01 | 0.465 | 0.67 | 279.85 | 5.528 | 0.10 |
S(E) | 3 | 1.47 | 6.115 | 0.003* | 886.16 | 8.709 | 0.0004* | 177.85 | 11.505 | <0.0001* |
H × S(E) | 3 | 1.49 | 6.204 | 0.003* | 843.80 | 8.293 | 0.0006* | 50.62 | 3.275 | 0.04* |
Residual | 24 | 0.24 | 101.75 | 15.46 |
Notes.
- H
- habitat
- E
- estuary
- S
- site
- df
- degrees of freedom
- MS
- mean square
Significant values.