Table 1 Results of the 3-way permutational multivariate analysis of variance (PERMANOVA) to compare the differences in Seascape % Cover (number of pixels) per class between months, seasons.

From: Reef larval recruitment in response to seascape dynamics in the SW Atlantic

Seascapes

2017–2019

df

SS

MS

F

p

Year

1

0.01

0.01

0.62

0.57

Season

3

0.64

0.21

7.64

0.01

Month

8

0.41

0.05

1.82

0.04

Year*Season

3

0.21

0.07

2.51

0.08

Residuals

8

0.22

0.02

  

Total

23

1.51

   

2003–2019

df

SS

MS

F

p

Year

1

0.28

0.28

5.59

0.01

Season

3

2.45

1.15

22.76

0.01

Month

8

1.25

0.15

3.10

0.01

Year*Season

3

0.30

0.10

2.01

0.04

Residuals

176

8.89

0.05

  

Total

191

14.19

   
  1. Analysis included the sampling years (2017–2019) and the previous 16 years (2003–2018). F for statistic, significant results (p < 0.05) are in bold.