Table 3.
Summary of the significant GAMs results showing only the significant explanatory selected variables: site, depth and the temperature descriptors for the heating duration, temperature intensity and variability. N = 400. Dev = the deviance explained by the models. “X” = interaction.
| Response variable | Heating duration | Heating intensity | Heating variability | Dev | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community | |||||||
| Richness | Site | D90 | MED | NDD | 58.2% | ||
| Evenness | Site | MEDXSite | 25.5% | ||||
| Category | |||||||
| Green algae | Site | MEDXSite | 65.4% | ||||
| Bryozoans | Site | Depth | D90XSite | MEDXDepth | NDD | 38.7% | |
| Turf algae | Site | Depth | D90XDepth | NDD | 34.8% | ||
| Red algae | Site | Depth | D90XSite | F90 | 29.7% | ||
| Sponges | Site | Depth | D90XSite | F90 | 29.0% | ||
| Encr Coralline algae | Site | Depth | D90XDepth | MED | 26.7% | ||