The seaward limit of wave effects on coastal macrobenthos

Table 4 Regression coefficients (R², corrected for df) of abundance and species density of major taxa and water depth

	Crustacea	Echinodermata	Mollusca	Polychaeta	Other taxa
Abundance
Sep 04	0.008	0.169***	0.221***	0.000	0.273***
Oct 05	0.015*	0.087***	0.274***	0.085***	0.564***
Jul 06	0.000	0.119***	0.000	0.018*	0.476***
Aug 06	0.021**	0.050***	0.183***	0.021**	0.354***
Sep 06	0.069***	0.154***	0.197***	0.095***	0.471***
Jul 07	0.012*	0.138***	0.041***	0.124***	0.480***
Aug 07	0.007	0.117***	0.179***	0.234***	0.557***
Sep 07	0.026**	0.221***	0.154***	0.110***	0.609***
Sep 08	0.000	0.150***	0.097***	0.107***	0.344***
Sep 09	0.000	0.271***	0.304***	0.182***	0.476***
Sep 10	0.000	0.312***	0.143***	0.213***	0.538***
Oct 11	0.000	0.258***	0.193***	0.000	0.407***
Species density
Sep 04	0.010	0.316***	0.229***	0.010	0.142***
Oct 05	0.049***	0.090***	0.412***	0.083***	0.284***
Jul 06	0.012*	0.096***	0.269***	0.040***	0.175***
Aug 06	0.059***	0.103***	0.293***	0.023**	0.120***
Sep 06	0.102***	0.180***	0.274***	0.090***	0.141***
Jul 07	0.000	0.101***	0.151***	0.040***	0.237***
Aug 07	0.039***	0.187***	0.272***	0.139***	0.331***
Sep 07	0.095***	0.228***	0.271***	0.253***	0.336***
Sep 08	0.003	0.139***	0.187***	0.126***	0.138***
Sep 09	0.011*	0.264***	0.371***	0.361***	0.479***
Sep 10	0.039***	0.288***	0.398***	0.397***	0.465***
Oct 11	0.015*	0.242***	0.313***	0.064***	0.239***

Bold values indicate negative correlations; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001

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