Table 7 Results of RDA on relation between abundance of chlorophyte functional gropus and number of taxa and physical–chemical and biological parameters among different habitats of field and forest ponds.

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

Variable

Lambda A

P

F

Rotifera

0.03

0.002

3.58

Depth

0.02

0.010

3.05

Habitat (Water/Macrophytes)

0.02

0.020

2.63

Catchment area (Field/Forest)

0.02

0.026

2.50

Filtrators

0.01

0.064

1.91

Total reactive phosphorus (TRP)

0.01

0.144

1.60

Size

0.01

0.242

1.27

Conductivity (Cond)

0.01

0.268

1.20

pH

0.01

0.264

1.26

Dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN)

0.01

0.614

0.73

  1. Values of p and F are calculated using Monte Carlo permutation test with 999 permutations. The overall percentage of explained variance was 14.7%. Bold = variables significantly adding to the model at p < 0.05 level (see Fig. 3).
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