Table 2.

PERMANOVA results of Hellinger-transformed OTU abundance data from select transects by geographic zone using the Bray–Curtis dissimilarity matrix with 1000 permutations.

	DF	F	R2	p-adjusted
Spring (F2,127 = 8.89, p < 0.001)
On-shelf vs. shelf break	97	9.83	0.09	0.003	∗
On-shelf vs. off-shelf	89	14.01	0.14	0.003	∗
Shelf break vs. off-shelf	71	2.06	0.03	0.132
Fall (F2,108 = 11.92, p < 0.001)
On-shelf vs. shelf break	78	7.97	0.09	0.003	∗
On-shelf vs. off-shelf	79	20.91	0.21	0.003	∗
Shelf break vs. off-shelf	62	5.91	0.09	0.003	∗

Pairwise comparisons used Bonferroni correction. ^∗ indicates significance at α = 0.05. Spring and fall were significantly different (F_1,239 = 42.27, p < 0.001).