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Table 1 ANOVA results analyzing the number of taxa and individuals of benthic assemblage and polychaetes assemblage

From: Cost/benefit and the effect of sample preservation procedures on quantitative patterns in benthic ecology

Factors

DF

Number of individuals

Number of taxa

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

 
  1. NS not significant, DF degrees of freedom, MS mean squares
  2. * Significant difference for α = 0.05