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Table 4 One-way analysis (ANOSIM) between harpacticoid copepod communities in the sediment cores (8.80 cm²) per season based on non-transformed abundance data

From: Meiofauna as food source for small-sized demersal fish in the southern North Sea

Groups/test

R statistic

Significance level

Sediment cores

 Global test

 All seasons (Jan, May, Jul, Oct)

0.35

0.001

Pairwise test

 Jan, May

0.24

0.005

 Jan, Jul

0.28

0.001

 Jan, Oct

0.43

0.002

 May, Jul

0.57

0.001

 May, Oct

0.30

0.001

 Jul, Oct

0.58

0.001

  1. Bold values are significant