Factors | DF | Number of individuals | Number of taxa | ||||
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MS | F | p | MS | F | p | ||
Macrofauna | |||||||
Preservation (Pr) | 1 | 2356.27 | 4.26 | 0.0555 NS | 25.35 | 2.65 | 0.1234 NS |
Sediment (S) | 1 | 48,507.27 | 87.77 | 0.0001* | 1848.15 | 192.85 | 0.0001* |
Pr × S | 1 | 1749.60 | 3.17 | 0.0942 NS | 0.82 | 0.09 | 0.7741 NS |
Sampling points (Pr × S) | 16 | 552.66 | 8.53 | 0.0001* | 9.58 | 2.53 | 0.0087* |
Residual | 40 | 64.77 | 3.78 | ||||
Polychaetes | |||||||
Preservation (Pr) | 1 | 1058.40 | 7.16 | 0.0166* | 19.27 | 2.57 | 0.1281 NS |
Sediment (S) | 1 | 10,454.40 | 70.72 | 0.0001* | 589.07 | 78.72 | 0.0001* |
Pr × S | 1 | 777.60 | 5.26 | 0.0357 NS | 0.27 | 0.04 | 0.8526 NS |
Sampling points (Pr × S) | 16 | 147.82 | 4.62 | 0.0001* | 7.48 | 3.40 | 0.0001* |
Residual | 40 | 31.98 | 2.20 |