Skip to main content

Table 5 Spatial differences in the structure of assemblages considering both species and functional group levels at the scales of area, location and site (PERMANOVA; significance level P < 0.05)

From: Spatial variability in intertidal macroalgal assemblages on the North Portuguese coast: consistence between species and functional group approaches

Source

df

Species

Functional groups

MS

Pseudo-F

P

MS

Pseudo-F

P

Area

1

6,317.300

0.919

0.538

4,646.800

0.856

0.575

Location (Re)

8

6,874.100

1.625

0.002

5,428.800

1.855

0.010

Site (Lo (Re))

20

4,230.900

1.691

0.001

2,927.000

1.627

0.001

Residual

60

2,502.400

  

1,799.100

  

Total

89

     Â