Table 2 Correlation matrix for the cover of Sargassum versus depth, stones, boulders, richness, thick leathery, coarsely branched, filaments/sheets, encrusting/calcified algae and grazers
May 97 | Jun 97 | Jul 97 | Aug 97 | Sep 97 | Nov 97 | Jan 98 | Jul 98 | Jul 99 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Depth | |||||||||
r | −0.41 | −0.33 | −0.32 | −0.36 | −0.35 | −0.21 | −0.18 | 0.02 | 0.36 |
P | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.014 | 0.038 | 0.808 | 0.000 |
Stones | |||||||||
r | −0.38 | −0.27 | −0.50 | −0.47 | −0.50 | −0.55 | −0.29 | −0.63 | −0.26 |
P | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.001 |
Boulders | |||||||||
r | 0.42 | 0.32 | 0.50 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.51 | 0.26 | 0.62 | 0.26 |
P | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.001 |
Richness | |||||||||
r | 0.46 | 0.28 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.37 | 0.28 | −0.14 | ||
P | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.443 | 0.688 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.116 | ||
Filaments/sheets | |||||||||
r | 0.83 | 0.43 | 0.40 | -0.07 | 0.32 | 0.45 | −0.14 | ||
P | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.409 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.112 | ||
Thick leathery | |||||||||
r | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.03 | -0.02 | −0.03 | ||
P | 0.063 | 0.581 | 0.028 | 0.746 | 0.75 | 0.811 | 0.754 | ||
Coarsely branched | |||||||||
r | 0.40 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.10 | −0.00 | ||
P | 0.000 | 0.159 | 0.130 | 0.117 | 0.033 | 0.253 | 0.967 | ||
Encrusting/calcified | |||||||||
r | 0.26 | -0.06 | 0.03 | -0.10 | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.08 | ||
P | 0.002 | 0.516 | 0.726 | 0.261 | 0.030 | 0.002 | 0.386 | ||
Grazers | |||||||||
r | 0.01 | -0.28 | 0.01 | -0.22 | 0.22 | 0.27 | 0.04 | -0.14 | −0.08 |
P | 0.912 | 0.082 | 0.947 | 0.165 | 0.173 | 0.089 | 0.801 | 0.118 | 0.351 |
N | 23 | 37 | 35 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 41 | 15 |