Appendix D (TABLE D1). Results of PERMANOVA examining the effects of experimental treatments on the (a) taxonomic and (b) trophic composition of benthic invertebrate assemblages.
|
Treatment |
df |
MS |
Pseudo- F |
P |
(a) |
Sediment temporal pattern, S |
2 |
1594.6 |
9.65 |
≤0.0001 |
|
Nutrient temporal pattern, N |
2 |
182.1 |
1.11 |
0.33 |
|
S × N |
4 |
229.6 |
1.4 |
0.034 |
|
Residual |
27 |
164.2 |
|
|
(b) |
S |
2 |
207.7 |
31.37 |
≤0.0001 |
|
N |
2 |
10 |
1.51 |
0.2 |
|
S × N |
4 |
17.1 |
2.58 |
0.011 |
|
Residual |
27 |
6.6 |
|
|