Table 2. Three-way permutation-based analysis of variance (PERMANOVA) based on Bray-Curtis Similarity to test differences in coral assemblage structure.
| Source | df | SS | MS | Pseudo-F | P(perm) | Unique perms | %CV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | 2 | 7.11 × 104 | 35529 | 3.35 | 0.01 | 998 | 21.35 |
| Locality | 4 | 4.09 × 104 | 10219 | 2.28 | 0.002 | 998 | 11.42 |
| Site | 29 | 1.30 × 105 | 4483 | 5.34 | 0.001 | 994 | 35.10 |
| Residuals | 107 | 8.99 × 104 | 840.17 | 32.14 | |||
| Total | 142 | 3.36 × 105 |