. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 9.

Published in final edited form as: Deep Sea Res 2 Top Stud Oceanogr. 2010 Nov;57(21-23):1982–1989. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.003

Table 3.

Dissimilarity results (Diss. %) calculated by SIMPER, and ANOSIM results (R-statistics and possible significance level p) are shown for mussel compared to tubeworm communities, and mussel and tubeworm communities to non-seep sediment communities. Additionally, seep sites at different depths (1400, 2200, 2800 m) are compared with each other.

	Diss. (%)	R-Stat	p
Mussel—tubeworms	54	0.15	0.13
Mussel—sediment	74	0.81	0.02
Tubeworm—sediment	74	0.64	0.04
Seep: 1400–2200 m	55	0.25	0.13
Seep: 1400–2800 m	62	0.56	0.14
Seep: 2200–2800 m	35	0.56	1