Table 2.

Four-factor ANOVA for all species collected by gear types with location (SS, AQ, FC, GP), habitat type (oyster (O) vs. bare (B)), and season (SP, SU, AU) as fixed effects and site nested within the habitat type/location interaction term.

		Interaction Terms				Overall Differences for Terms			Pairwise Differences
Gear	Metric	Location × Habitat Type × Season	Location × Habitat Type	Location × Season	Habitat Type × Season	Location	Habitat Type	Season	Location	Habitat Type	Season
Box Trap**	Density	-	-	-	F=13.041 p=0.010	-	-	-	None found	Could not be evaluated	None found
	Biomass	-	F=6.220 p=0.029	F=9.411 p=0.015	-	-	-	-	None found	AQ:O>B SS:O>B	AQ:SU>SP
	Richness	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Diversity (H)	-	F=10.687 p=0.013	-	-	-	-	F=12.879 p=0.011	None found	SS:O>B	None found
Seine Net	Density	-	-	-	-	F=8.739 p=0.009	F=12.944 p=0.009	F=14.661 p<0.05	SS<all others	O>B	SP,AU>SU
	Biomass	-	-	-	-	F=8.798 p=0.009	-	F=3.859 p=0.046	SS<all others	-	SP,AU>SU
	Richness	-	-	-	-	F=6.698 p=0.018	-	F=18.795 p<0.001	SS<all others	-	SP,AU>SU
	Diversity (H)	-	-	-	-	F=16.116 p=0.002	-	F=5.765 p=0.015	SS<all others	-	SP,SU>AU
Minnow Trap	Abundance	-	-	-	-	-	-	F=6.688 p=0.009	-	-	AU>SP,SU
	Biomass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Richness	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Diversity (H)	-	-	F=5.220 p=0.006	-	-	-	-	AU:AQ>SS; SP:GP>AQ; SU:AQ>FC,SS*	-	AQ:AU,SU>SP; FC:AU>SU*
Shrimp Trap	Abundance	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Biomass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Richness	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Diversity (H)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

All data were normal-score transformed prior to analyses.

Statistical significance reported at p<0.05.

^*FC-spring could not be evaluated for MT Diversity.

^**Not all habitat type/location/seasons were sampled so pairwise comparisons could not be fully assessed when significant interactions occurred.

FC and GP sites could not be included in site comparisons due to insufficient sample size.

Nonsignificant relationships and overall comparisons that are not applicable due to significant interactions denoted by −.