Table 4. PERMANOVA results calculated from the Bray–Curtis dissimilarity matrix for the macrofauna communities at the different scales investigated of the three estuaries BEN, PAE and VIB.
Source | df | MS | Pseudo-F | P (perm) |
---|---|---|---|---|
H | 1 | 34,861 | 1.895 | 0.23 |
E | 2 | 24,587 | 5.153 | 0.06 |
S(E) | 3 | 4,771.7 | 3.025 | 0.0001* |
H × E | 2 | 18,394 | 4.366 | 0.02* |
P(S(E)) | 12 | 1,577.5 | 2.414 | 0.0001* |
H × S(E) | 3 | 4,213.5 | 2.593 | 0.0016* |
H × P(S(E)) | 12 | 1,625 | 2.486 | 0.0001* |
Residual | 72 | 653.61 |
Notes.
- H
- habitat
- E
- estuary
- S
- site
- P
- plot
Significant values.