Appendix B. ANOVAs comparing recruit abundance among treatments on the last day of the experiment.
Table B1. ANOVAs comparing abundance of recruits on the last day of the experiment (day 50) for (A) all damselfish species excluding Neopomacentrus cyanomos and (B) N. cyanomos (Pomacentridae), (C) butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae), (D) surgeonfish (Acanthuridae), and (E) rabbitfish (Siganidae).
Source
df
SS
MS
F
P
Levene's
F test†P
A) Damselfish
0.86
0.563
Block
4
165.50
41.38
2.03
0.153
Piscivores
1
4440.20
4440.20
218.28
<0.0001
Damselfish
1
245.00
245.00
12.04
0.005
P × D
1
259.20
259.20
12.74
0.004
Error
12
244.10
20.34
B) N. cyanomos‡
1.72
0.195
Block
4
377.50
94.38
1.88
0.179
Piscivores
1
42.05
42.05
0.84
0.378
Damselfish
1
22.05
22.05
0.44
0.520
P × D
1
18.05
18.05
0.36
0.560
Error
12
602.10
50.18
C) Butterflyfish‡
2.39
0.089
Block
4
4.80
1.20
0.95
0.470
Piscivores
1
162.45
162.45
128.25
<0.0001
Damselfish
1
4.05
4.05
3.20
0.099
P × D
1
4.05
4.05
3.20
0.099
Error
12
15.20
1.27
D) Surgeonfish
Block
4
12.20
3.05
0.83
0.532
0.99
0.480
Piscivores
1
84.05
84.05
22.82
0.0005
Damselfish
1
2.45
2.45
0.67
0.431
P × D
1
6.05
6.05
1.64
0.224
Error
12
44.20
3.68
E) Rabbitfish
2.27
0.101
Block
4
13.30
3.33
1.52
0.259
Piscivores
1
24.20
24.20
11.04
0.006
Damselfish
1
5.00
5.00
2.28
0.157
P × D
1
5.00
5.00
2.28
0.157
Error
12
26.30
2.19
†Levene's F test tests the assumption of equal variance among treatments. P > 0.05 indicates this assumption has been met.
‡Response (X) was ln(X + 1) transformed to correct unequal variance.