Table 3 Results of Poisson regression: coral spat dependency on status (damaged/undamaged), depth and site (nested within status), using the 4-month data; effect of season, using 2-month data; effect of algae and fouling organisms on coral spat abundances, using 4-month data
Source | df | SE | χ2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Coral spat (status and depth) | ||||
Status | 1 | 0.2443 | 0.20 | ns |
Depth | 1 | 0.1782 | 19.00 | <0.0001 |
Status × depths | 1 | 0.3571 | 37.33 | <0.0001 |
Site (status) Ko Yoong | 0 | 0.0000 | – | – |
Site (status) Leam Tong | 1 | 0.2196 | 22.86 | <0.0001 |
Site (status) Hin Phae | 1 | 0.2327 | 26.76 | <0.0001 |
Site (status) PPLae SE | 1 | 0.2897 | 3 6.20 | <0.0001 |
Site (status) PPLae ND | 1 | 0.4419 | 1 5.93 | <0.0001 |
Site (status) Ko PaiD | 1 | 0.3018 | 6.73 | 0.0095 |
Site (status) LolanaD | 1 | 0.3737 | 13.20 | 0.0003 |
Site (status) PatongD | 0 | 0.0000 | – | – |
Coral spat (season) | ||||
Season | 1 | 0.2367 | 11.00 | 0.0009 |
Coral spat (algae and fouling organisms) | ||||
Filamentous algae | 1 | 0.1395 | 55.27 | <0.0001 |
Crustose algae | 1 | 0.1318 | 8.64 | 0.0038 |
Fouling organisms | 1 | 0.1809 | 0.08 | ns |