Table 3.
Levene's test comparing variation in salinity and depth separately within finer spatial extent longitudinal groupings (Long 1–3, each n = 95). (F) strength, (P perm) significance with <0.05 denoted in bold, (Mean) distance to group centroid, (SE) standard error of estimate
| Salinity | Depth | df1 | df2 | Size | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PERMDISP | Deviation fom centroid | PERMDISP | Deviation fom centroid | |||||||||
| F | (P)perm | Group | Mean | SE | F | (P)perm | Group | Mean | SE | |||
| 130.6 | 0.001 | Long 1 | 0.28 | 0.02 | 5.0 | 0.030 | Long 1 | 7.1 | 0.6 | 2 | 282 | 95 |
| Long 2 | 1.06 | 0.07 | Long 2 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 95 | ||||||
| Long 3 | 0.15 | 0.01 | Long 3 | 6.1 | 0.6 | 95 | ||||||