Ecological Archives A025-132-A2

Andrew A. Shantz, Mark C. Ladd, Elizabeth Schrack, and Deron E. Burkepile. 2015. Fish-derived nutrient hotspots shape coral reef benthic communities. Ecological Applications 25:2142–2152. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-2209.1

Appendix B. Supplementary results from our repeated measures ANOVA to assess the biomass of grunts around study colonies and from out SIMPER analysis for benthic community dissimilarity between study locations.

Table B1. Results of repeated measures ANOVA to assess the biomass of grunts sheltering around study colonies throughout the duration of the study.

 

Numerator df

Denominator df

F value

P value

Intercept

1

180

1861.07

<.0001

Biomass Status

1

18

87.54

<.0001

Time

10

180

4.07

<.0001

Biomass Status × Time

10

180

3.65

<.0001

 

Table B2. Results from SIMPER analysis for the contribution of dissimilarity between High Biomass vs. Low Biomass sites for each benthic group. Contribution is the mean percent dissimilarity contribution from each benthic category. Cumulative contribution represents the total dissimilarity contribution from multiple groups.

Benthic Group

Contribution (%)

SD

Cumulative Contribution

TAS

26.75

18.27

26.75

CCA

24.51

14.17

51.26

Brown Macroalgae

23.97

15.75

75.23

Turf

14.46

10.72

89.69

Red Macroalgae

3.77

2.59

93.46

Green Macroalgae

3.34

4.16

96.8

Cyanobacteria

3.2

4.91

100.00


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