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Table 5 SIMPER analysis comparing the average abundance of the main species before and after the experiment and their dissimilarities (δi) for all plates and all treatments (n = 36)

From: Variability in the settlement of non-indigenous species in benthic communities from an oceanic island

 

Start

End

 

Species

Av.Abund

Av.Abund

δi

Lithophyllum incrustans

22.56

21.97

16.89

Nematoderma sp.

28.28

17.12

14.3

Gelidium turf

30.73

25.14

13.6

Polysiphonia sp.

24.21

1.88

11.36

Codium adhaerens

3.39

0.05

2

Corallina crust (CCA)

3.17

0.79

1.74

Padina pavonica

1.37

0

0.8