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Jon D. Witman, Robert W. Lamb, and Jarrett E. K. Byrnes. 2015. Towards an integration of scale and complexity in marine ecology. Ecological Monographs 85:475–504. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-2265.1

Appendix F. Pairwise significance tests between year blocks for all metrics analyzed.

Table F1. Pairwise comparisons of means by false discovery rate-adjusted alpha for significant differences between year blocks (decades) for each significant term of complexity and scale. Difference is mean difference (log scale) between studies from the respective pairwise comparison, along with lower and upper intervals. p < 0.05 considered significant.

Pairwise Comparison

Estimate

Lower

Upper

P value

Species

1971-1974 - 1961-1964

0.609

-0.913

2.132

0.858

1981-1984 - 1961-1964

0.879

-0.454

2.212

0.405

1991-1994 - 1961-1964

1.577

0.262

2.893

0.009

2001-2004 - 1961-1964

1.312

0.019

2.604

0.045

2011-2014 - 1961-1964

1.632

0.337

2.926

0.005

1981-1984 - 1971-1974

0.270

-0.689

1.229

0.965

1991-1994 - 1971-1974

0.968

0.033

1.903

0.038

2001-2004 - 1971-1974

0.702

-0.200

1.604

0.223

2011-2014 - 1971-1974

1.022

0.117

1.927

0.017

1991-1994 - 1981-1984

0.698

0.120

1.276

0.008

2001-2004 - 1981-1984

0.432

-0.091

0.955

0.169

2011-2014 - 1981-1984

0.752

0.224

1.280

0.001

2001-2004 - 1991-1994

-0.266

-0.743

0.211

0.596

2011-2014 - 1991-1994

0.054

-0.428

0.537

1.000

2011-2014 - 2001-2004

0.320

-0.096

0.736

0.234

Factors

1971-1974 - 1961-1964

0.609

-0.913

2.132

0.912

1981-1984 - 1961-1964

0.879

-0.454

2.212

0.890

1991-1994 - 1961-1964

1.577

0.262

2.893

0.444

2001-2004 - 1961-1964

1.312

0.019

2.604

0.196

2011-2014 - 1961-1964

1.632

0.337

2.926

0.355

1981-1984 - 1971-1974

0.270

-0.689

1.229

1.000

1991-1994 - 1971-1974

0.968

0.033

1.903

0.919

2001-2004 - 1971-1974

0.702

-0.200

1.604

0.534

2011-2014 - 1971-1974

1.022

0.117

1.927

0.831

1991-1994 - 1981-1984

0.698

0.120

1.276

0.486

2001-2004 - 1981-1984

0.432

-0.091

0.955

0.026

2011-2014 - 1981-1984

0.752

0.224

1.280

0.223

2001-2004 - 1991-1994

-0.266

-0.743

0.211

0.788

2011-2014 - 1991-1994

0.054

-0.428

0.537

0.999

2011-2014 - 2001-2004

0.320

-0.096

0.736

0.886

Spatial Grain (m²)

1971-1974 - 1961-1964

4.763

-0.436

9.962

0.093

1981-1984 - 1961-1964

3.034

-1.485

7.553

0.386

1991-1994 - 1961-1964

2.600

-1.863

7.063

0.548

2001-2004 - 1961-1964

2.508

-1.863

6.880

0.565

2011-2014 - 1961-1964

0.686

-3.695

5.067

0.998

1981-1984 - 1971-1974

-1.729

-5.107

1.649

0.682

1991-1994 - 1971-1974

-2.163

-5.465

1.139

0.414

2001-2004 - 1971-1974

-2.255

-5.433

0.924

0.323

2011-2014 - 1971-1974

-4.077

-7.268

-0.885

0.004

1991-1994 - 1981-1984

-0.434

-2.507

1.640

0.991

2001-2004 - 1981-1984

-0.525

-2.395

1.344

0.966

2011-2014 - 1981-1984

-2.347

-4.239

-0.456

0.006

2001-2004 - 1991-1994

-0.092

-1.820

1.637

1.000

2011-2014 - 1991-1994

-1.914

-3.666

-0.161

0.023

2011-2014 - 2001-2004

-1.822

-3.328

-0.316

0.008


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