Table 2 Diversity indices (Simpson, Shannon-Wiener, Menhinick, Margalef and Pielou’s equity; average ± standard deviation) for scavenging crustacean at different bathymetric strata in Puerto Cisnes bay and Magdalena sound; p-values < 0.05 indicate significant differences among strata, based on Wilcoxon (Puerto Cisnes bay) or Kruskall-Wallis tests (Magdalena sound).

Simpson

0.05 ± 0.15

0.18 ± 0.23

—

—

0.28

Shannon-Wiener

0.08 ± 0.21

0.31 ± 0.40

—

—

0.28

Menhinick

0.58 ± 0.37

0.61 ± 0.32

—

—

0.79

Margalef

0.16 ± 0.44

0.25 ± 0.29

—

—

0.28

Pielou

0.61 ± 0.55

0.58 ± 0.05

—

—

Simpson

0.39 ± 0.11^a

0.53 ± 0.07^a

0.08 ± 0.09^b

0.17 ± 0.15^ab

0.038

Shannon-Wiener

0.68 ± 0.19^a

0.87 ± 0.12^a

0.17 ± 0.17^b

0.34 ± 0.26^ab

0.044

Menhinick

1.17 ± 0.51

0.64 ± 0.23

0.38 ± 0.23

0.42 ± 0.18

0.147

Margalef

0.80 ± 0.73

0.73 ± 0.24

0.38 ± 0.25

0.51 ± 0.22

0.536

Pielou

0.58 ± 0.11

0.74 ± 0.18

0.19 ± 0.14

0.35 ± 0.26

0.059