Table 4 Results of CCA on relation between abundance of chlorophyte species and diversity and physical–chemical and biological parameters among different habitats of ponds (Water vs. Macropytes).

From: Chlorophytes response to habitat complexity and human disturbance in the catchment of small and shallow aquatic systems

Variable

Lambda A

P

F

Nitrates (NO3)

0.29

0.002

5.58

Total reactive phosphorus (TRP)

0.20

0.002

4.09

Size

0.15

0.002

3.12

Ammonium (NH4)

0.18

0.004

3.91

Habitat (Water/Macrophytes)

0.14

0.004

2.87

Conductivity (Cond)

0.13

0.006

2.94

Filtrators

0.21

0.008

4.15

Depth

0.10

0.046

2.13

Rotifera

0.11

0.048

2.51

Nitrites (NO2)

0.09

0.108

2.16

pH

0.08

0.138

1.76

  1. Values of p and F are calculated using Monte Carlo permutation test with 999 permutations. The overall percentage of explained variance was 25.15%. Bold = variables significantly adding to the model at p < 0.05 level (see Fig. 2).
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