Table 1 Results of repeated measures (RM) ANOVA comparing percentage cover (arcsine transformed) of the four most common genera of corals among sites and depths using photoquadrats as independent replicates (Fig. 2).

From: Implications of high rates of sexual recruitment in driving rapid reef recovery in Mo’orea, French Polynesia

Taxon

Source

MS

df

F

P

Pocillopora

Between

  Site

0.827

1

15.444

<0.001

  Depth

2.261

1

42.218

<0.001

  Site × Depth

0.236

1

4.406

0.037

  Error

0.054

151

  

Within

  Time

0.432

12

30.532

<0.001

  Time × Site

0.116

12

8.167

<0.001

  Time × Depth

0286

12

20.210

<0.001

  Time × Depth × Site

0.139

12

9.844

<0.001

  Error

0.014

1,812

  

Porites

Between

  Site

0.001

1

0.012

0.913

  Depth

0.021

1

0.239

0.626

  Site × Depth

0.002

1

0.024

0.878

  Error

0.088

151

  

Within

  Time

0.035

12

2.778

0.001

  Time × Site

0.027

12

2.179

0.011

  Time × Depth

0.024

12

1.867

0.034

  Time × Depth × Site

0.029

12

2.281

0.007

  Error

0.013

1,812

  

Acropora

Between

  Site

0.179

1

6.054

0.015

  Depth

0.220

1

7.456

0.007

  Site × Depth

0.053

1

1.803

0.181

  Error

0.030

151

  

Within

  Time

0.050

12

5.711

<0.001

  Time × Site

0.025

12

2.867

0.001

  Time × Depth

0.030

12

3.425

<0.001

  Time × Depth × Site

0.049

12

5.572

<0.001

  Error

0.009

1,812

  

Montipora

Between

  Site

0.002

1

0.276

0.600

  Depth

0.230

1

26.427

<0.001

  Site × Depth

<0.001

1

0.002

0.969

  Error

0.009

151

  

Within

  Time

0.137

12

35.012

<0.001

  Time × Site

0.039

12

9.916

<0.001

  Time × Depth

0.094

12

24.059

<0.001

  Time × Depth × Site

0.031

12

7.986

<0.001

  Error

0.004

1,812

  
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