Ecological Archives E085-092-A3

Glenn R. Almany. 2004. Priority effects in coral reef fish communities of the Great Barrier Reef. Ecology 85:2872–2880.

Appendix C. ANOVAs comparing recruit mortality observed on each treatment during the experiment.

Table C1. ANOVAs comparing recruit mortality observed on each treatment during the 50-d experiment for (A) all damselfish species excluding Neopomacentrus cyanomos and (B) N. cyanomos (Pomacentridae).

Source

df

SS

MS

F

P

Levene's
F

P

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A) Damselfish

 
 
 
 
 

1.12

0.412

      Block

  4

15.32

  3.83

  5.19

0.012

 
 

      Piscivores

  1

   106.21

   106.21

  144.04

     <0.0001

 
 

      Damselfish

  1

    0.001

    0.001

    0.002

0.970

 
 

      P × D

  1

  0.07

  0.07

  0.09

0.766

 
 

      Error

12

  8.85

  0.74

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

B) N. cyanomos

 
 
 
 
 

0.34

0.923

      Block

  4

 58.41

     14.60

1.17

0.371

 
 

      Piscivores

  1

   0.27

  0.27

0.02

0.885

 
 

      Damselfish

  1

   2.62

  2.62

0.21

0.655

 
 

      P × D

  1

 18.66

18.66

1.50

0.244

 
 

      Error

12

   149.40

12.45

 
 
 
 

Levene's F test tests the assumption of equal variance among treatments.  P > 0.05 indicates this assumption has been met.



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