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

Table 7 One-way analysis (ANOSIM) of harpacticoid copepod composition in the fish diets (based on non-transformed abundance data)

Groups/test	R statistic				Significance level
Stomach contents	BUG		POM		ARN		LIM
Global test
All seasons (Jan 09, May, Jul, Oct, Jan 10)	0.83	0.001	0.31	0.001	0.34	0.016	0.58	0.007
Pairwise test
Jan 09, May	1	0.001	0.45	0.002	0.38	0.210	1	0.330
Jan 09, Jul	1	0.001	0.54	0.008	1	0.001	1	0.018
Jan 09, Oct	0.99	0.001	0.07	0.175	0.40	0.430	1	0.330
Jan 09, Jan 10	0.39	0.001	0.12	0.075	0.38	0.210	0.45	0.330
May, Jul	0.81	0.001	0.19	0.088	1	0.001	0.13	0.320
May, Oct	0.42	0.004	0.27	0.003	0.21	0.330	0.1	0.500
May, Jan 10	0.48	0.005	0.61	0.001	0.50	0.005	0.13	0.330
Jul, Oct	0.39	0.004	0.21	0.071	1	0.001	0.48	0.050
Jul, Jan 10	1	0.001	0.71	0.005	1	0.001	0.60	0.050
Oct, Jan 10	0.94	0.001	0.30	0.007	0.01	0.005	0.25	0.500

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