Ecological Archives E093-011-A1
S. Uthicke, F. Patel, and R. Ditchburn. 2012. Elevated land runoff after European settlement perturbs persistent foraminiferal assemblages on the Great Barrier Reefs. Ecology 93:111–121.
Appendix E (Table E1). (A) Results of Similarity percentage (SIMPER) analysis of foraminiferal assemblages in three zones in the Whitsunday area of the Great Barrier Reef. Above diagonal (in italics): Average dissimilarity (%) between zones; diagonal (in bold print): average within-zone similarity (%); below diagonal: six taxa contributing most to between-zone dissimilarity, the contribution (%) to the total dissimilarity of each taxon is given in brackets. Relative abundance data were fourth root transformed. (B) Average relative abundances (in %, untransformed) of those taxa in each region.
| (A) SIMPER | Inner | Intermediate | Outer Islands |
| Inner | 71.13 | 35.60 | 40.73 |
| Intermediate |
undet. rotaliid (4.27) Ps. macilenta (3.38) R. bradyi (3.18) P. antillarum (2.98) A. lobifera (2.94) S. corrugata (2.87) |
70.99 | 40.95 |
| Outer Reefs |
C. mayori (4.99) A. lessonii (4.21) E. reticulosum (3.98) A. lobifera (3.44) H. depressa (3.17) A. radiata (2.95) |
A. lessonii (4.88) C. mayori (4.28) undet. rotaliid (3.58) C. hispida (3.03) E. reticulosum (2.99) Ammonium sp. (2.93) |
75.38 |
| (B) Abundance | |||
| Ammonium sp. | 5.34 | 5.26 | 0.66 |
| Calcarina hispida | 0.07 | 0.02 | 2.02 |
| C. mayori | 0.15 | 1.02 | 8.15 |
| Amphistegina lessonii | 2.74 | 0.80 | 21.37 |
| A. lobifera | 0.51 | 1.75 | 5.46 |
| A. radiata | 0.39 | 1.96 | 4.74 |
| Elphidium reticulosum | 5.99 | 3.76 | 1.2 |
| Heterostegina depressa | 0.12 | 1.10 | 1.98 |
| Peneropolis antillarum | 1.70 | 0.71 | 1.79 |
| Pseudomassilina macilenta | 0.98 | 0.00 | 0.27 |
| undet. rotaliid | 0.38 | 5.59 | 0.25 |
| Rosalina bradyi | 0.40 | 2.07 | 0.34 |
| Spiroculina corrugata | 0.50 | 0.17 | 0.12 |