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Table 4 Results of the ANOVA and the Scheffé tests comparing community parameters among the three ecosystems engineered habitats (EE) at each season

From: Habitat complexity and community composition: relationships between different ecosystem engineers and the associated macroinvertebrate assemblages

Seasons

Factor

Diversity

Species richness

Total density

F2,57

P

Scheffé test

F2,57

P

Scheffé test

F2,57

P

Scheffé test

Autumn

EE

9.70

<0.01

B < M = S-M

1.83

0.17

 

14.90

<0.01

B > M = S-M

Winter

EE

0.68

0.51

 

8.98

<0.01

B < M = S-M

60.80

<0.01

B > M = S - M

Spring

EE

14.01

<0.01

B < M = S-M

11.22

<0.01

B = M < S-M

11.50

<0.01

B > M = S-M

Summer

EE

12.54

<0.01

B < M = S-M

20.09

<0.01

B < M = S-M

9.00

<0.01

B > M = S-M

  1. Cordgrass–mussel-engineered habitat (S-M), mussel-engineered habitat (M), and barnacle-engineered habitat (B)