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Table 3 Polychaetes contributing most to dissimilarity between groups resulting from the cluster analysis of habitat-site units

From: Environmental factors structuring polychaete communities in shallow rocky habitats: role of physical stress versus habitat complexity

(D1) Upper intertidal (I) and rest: average dissimilarity = 88.44

 

N (I)

N (rest)

DIS

DIS/SD

% SP

% CUM

 P. dumerilii

0.0

85.4

4.22

1.40

4.77

4.77

 F. implexa

0.0

1129.4

3.61

0.98

4.08

8.85

 L. ninetta

0.0

36.4

3.18

2.37

3.60

12.45

 S. polytrema

0.0

75.3

3.15

1.47

3.56

16.01

 S. variegata

0.0

19.7

3.11

1.73

3.52

19.52

(D2) Middle-lower intertidal (II) and rest (III, IV, V): average dissimilarity = 67.55

 

N (II)

N (III, IV, V)

DIS

DIS/SD

% SP

% CUM

 F. implexa

0.8

1527.7

3.35

1.52

4.96

4.96

 S. polytrema

5.6

96.4

1.88

1.73

2.79

7.74

 S. concharum

5.5

57.5

1.87

1.86

2.77

10.52

 S. spinulosa

0.0

35.2

1.71

1.40

2.53

13.05

 S. amica

0.2

17.5

1.64

1.74

2.42

15.47

(D3) Subtidal III and rest (IV, V): average dissimilarity = 54.3

 

N (III)

N (IV, V)

DIS

DIS/SD

% SP

% CUM

 S. polytrema

9.0

133.0

2.12

1.98

3.90

3.90

 F. implexa

660.4

1854.2

1.99

1.10

3.67

7.57

 S. spinulosa

0.0

47.2

1.86

2.76

3.42

10.99

 P. militaris

24.0

29.5

1.15

1.21

2.12

13.11

 P. mucosa

0.0

10.3

1.08

1.95

1.99

15.11

(D4) Subtidal IV and subtidal V: average dissimilarity = 50.33

 

N (IV)

N (V)

DIS

DIS/SD

% SP

% CUM

 F. implexa

8.0

2777.3

3.14

2.53

6.24

6.24

 J. marenzelleri

0.0

30.6

1.33

1.46

2.65

8.89

 A. pectinata

1.5

87.0

1.12

1.25

2.22

11.11

 P. reniformis

2.2

27.9

1.10

2.15

2.20

13.30

 E. expusilla

0.0

8.0

1.04

4.63

2.06

15.36

  1. DIS mean dissimilarity; DIS/SD mean dissimilarity standard deviation ratio; N average density (ind m−2) in the cluster group; %SP individual species contribution to total dissimilarity; %CUM cumulative percentage of species contributions