Table 5 Summary statistics of the MANOVA to test for the effect of period (pre- v post-invasion), season (on- vs off- pelagic season) and landing site (Pile Bay vs Oistins) on the catch composition of trap fishers and spearfishers.

From: No change in key reef fish herbivores or reef fisher yields in Barbados a decade after the lionfish invasion

Term

Trap fishing

Spearfishing

Df

SS

R2

F

p

Df

SS

R2

F

p

Period

1

0.38

0.02

2.601

0.026

1

1.110

0.09

6.222

0.001

Landing site

1

1.04

0.06

7.242

0.001

1

0.249

0.02

1.398

0.237

Season

1

0.20

0.01

1.412

0.240

1

0.492

0.04

2.757

0.017

Residual

116

16.73

0.91

  

56

9.994

0.82

  

Total

119

18.30

1.00

  

59

12.192

1.00

  
  1. Df- degrees of freedom; SS- Sum of squares; R2 – Coefficient of determination; F-F statistic; p-p-value. Significant (p < 0.05) terms are in bold. Trap data include 19 fish families. Spear data include 17 families.
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