TABLE 2.
PERMANOVA analysis performed on photo-physiological measurements assessing the effect of increased seawater temperature among different treatments overtime.
| Species | Measurement | Source | df | SS | MS | Pseudo-F | p(perm) | Unique perms |
| Posidonia australis | Maximum quantum yield | Time | 6 | 537.87 | 89.646 | 12.632 | 0.0001 | 9946 |
| Treatment(Time) | 14 | 516.3 | 36.879 | 5.1968 | 0.0001 | 9925 | ||
| Effective quantum yield | Time | 6 | 1468 | 244.66 | 15.354 | 0.0001 | 9947 | |
| Treatment(Time) | 14 | 1497.5 | 106.97 | 6.7128 | 0.0001 | 9928 | ||
| NPQ | Time | 6 | 713.35 | 118.89 | 3.3991 | 0.0045 | 9945 | |
| Treatment(Time) | 14 | 1084.3 | 77.448 | 2.2142 | 0.0129 | 9907 | ||
| Zostera muelleri | Maximum quantum yield | Time | 6 | 33.814 | 5.6357 | 3.5623 | 0.0037 | 9932 |
| Treatment(Time) | 14 | 122.68 | 8.7628 | 5.5389 | 0.0001 | 9930 | ||
| Effective quantum yield | Time | 6 | 36.221 | 6.0368 | 1.2295 | 0.2884 | 9938 | |
| Treatment(Time) | 14 | 264.19 | 18.871 | 3.8433 | 0.0002 | 9924 | ||
| NPQ | Time | 6 | 203.36 | 33.893 | 1.0434 | 0.3953 | 9944 | |
| Treatment(Time) | 14 | 235.6 | 16.828 | 0.51807 | 0.9169 | 9918 |
Significant differences [p(perm) < 0.05] are in bold.