Table 3 Summary of nested analysis of variance (ANOVA) results testing for effects of segment and season for variables related to macroinvertebrate assemblage structure.
Variables | ANOVA | |||||
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Season | Segment | Season [Segment] | ||||
F | P | F | P | F | P | |
Taxonomic richness | 0.1 | 13.914 | 20.5 | < 0.0001 | 1.6 | 4.050 |
Density | 14.5 | 0.012 | 68.5 | < 0.0001 | 2.6 | 1.605 |
H' | 152.7 | < 0.0001 | 9.1 | 0.016 | 8.8 | 0.019 |
Evenness | 185.6 | < 0.0001 | 0.2 | 14.734 | 7.0 | 0.059 |
%EPT | 8.1 | 0.143 | 23.5 | < 0.0001 | 1.7 | 3.638 |
#Burrower * | 2.2 | 2.704 | 1.0 | 7.007 | 1.2 | 5.738 |
#Inorganic case bearer | 44.0 | < 0.0001 | 18.1 | < 0.0001 | 17.1 | < 0.0001 |
#Net spinner | 1.5 | 0.223 | 22.3 | < 0.0001 | 0.57 | 0.566 |