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Table 3 PERMANOVA results and significance among sampling time, size, position and interaction factors on community structure at both experimental sites

From: Effects of patch size and position above the substratum during early succession of subtidal soft-bottom communities

 

df

SS

MS

F

P

Colorado

Time

3

28,560

9,520

27.853

0.001

Size

1

847.03

847.03

2.4781

0.043

Position

1

998.51

998.51

2.9214

0.021

Time × size

3

3,135.3

1,045.1

3.0577

0.002

Time × position

3

1,289.3

429.78

1.2574

0.241

Size × position

1

159.36

159.36

0.4662

0.749

Time × size × position

3

805.68

268.56

0.7857

0.662

Bolsico

Time

4

17,035

4,258.83

0.259

0.001

Size

1

298.85

298.85

2.1233

0.117

Position

1

488.02

488.02

3.4673

0.031

Time × size

4

338.04

84.509

0.6004

0.713

Time × position

4

1,051

262.75

1.8668

0.086

Size × position

1

139.64

139.64

0.9921

0.382

Time × size × position

4

258.92

64.73

0.4599

0.824

  1. df Degrees of freedom, F Pseudo-F ratios and P permuted probability values. Significant values are given in bold