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Table 2 Results of ANOVA (three-factor) for caprellid total abundance, species richness and abundance of the seven species

From: Caprellid assemblages (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in shallow waters invaded by Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea from southeastern Spain

Source of variation

df

Total abundance

Species richness

Caprella acanthifera

F versus

MS

F

P

MS

F

P

MS

F

P

Sampling time = Ti

1

29384.64

10.93

0.0026**

1.2419

15.05

0.0006**

16.79

1.00

0.3259

Si(Ti × Ha)

Habitat = Ha

6

14525.08

5.41

0.0008**

0.3064

3.71

0.0077**

16.79

1.00

0.4448

Si(Ti × Ha)

Ti × Ha

6

13038.35

4.86

0.0016**

0.2338

2.83

0.0277*

16.79

1.00

0.4448

Si(Ti × Ha)

Si (Ti × Ha)

28

2683.97

2.54

0.0006

0.0825

3.84

0.0000

16.79

1.00

0.4794

Res

Residual

84

1058.45

  

0.0215

  

16.79

   

Cochran’s C test

 

C = 0.3806 (< 0.01)

C = 0.1493 (ns)

C = 1.0000 (< 0.01)

 

Transformation

 

None

Sqrt(x + 1)

None

 

Source of variation

df

Caprella grandimana

Caprella hirsuta

Caprella santosrosai

F versus

MS

F

P

MS

F

P

MS

F

P

Sampling time = Ti

1

1843.84

5.30

0.0290

15533.34

15.31

0.0005**

0.0079

0.50

0.4853

Si(Ti × Ha)

Habitat = Ha

6

437.59

1.26

0.3081

11476.53

11.31

0.0000**

0.0714

4.50

0.0026**

Si(Ti × Ha)

Ti × Ha

6

398.43

1.15

0.3628

9979.60

9.84

0.0000**

0.0079

0.50

0.8029

Si(Ti × Ha)

Si (Ti × Ha)

28

347.88

1.17

0.2897

1014.31

1.60

0.0521

0.0159

0.67

0.8869

Res

Residual

84

298.23

  

633.50

  

0.0238

   

Cochran’s C test

 

C = 0.7873 (< 0.01)

C = 0.5620 (< 0.01)

C = 0.3333 (< 0.01)

 

Transformation

None

None

None

 

Source of variation

df

Deutella schieckei

Phtisica marina

Pseudoprotella phasma

F versus

MS

F

P

MS

F

P

MS

F

P

Sampling time = Ti

1

0.6429

1.53

0.2266

0.1270

2.00

0.1683

0.0317

1.00

0.3259

Si(Ti × Ha)

Habitat = Ha

6

1.3413

3.19

0.0164

0.0529

0.83

0.5545

0.0317

1.00

0.4448

Si(Ti × Ha)

Ti × Ha

6

0.6429

1.53

0.2055

0.0529

0.83

0.5545

0.0317

1.00

0.4448

Si(Ti × Ha)

Si (Ti × Ha)

28

0.4206

2.04

0.0068**

0.0635

4.00

0.0000**

0.0317

1.00

0.4749

Res

Residual

84

0.2063

  

0.0159

  

0.0317

   

Cochran’s C test

 

C = 0.5000 (< 0.01)

C = 0.5000 (< 0.01)

C = 1.0000 (< 0.01)

 

Transformation

 

None

None

None

 
  1. MS mean square, F F value, P level of probability, df degrees of freedom, ns non-significant
  2. * Significant at < 0.05; ** significant at < 0.01