Table 3 The results of PERMANOVA (A) and pairwise-PERMANOVA (B) testing the differences in diet composition of juvenile and adult Lutjanus erythropterus (LE) and L. malabaricus (LM), using 9999 permutations.

From: Partitioning of diet between species and life history stages of sympatric and cryptic snappers (Lutjanidae) based on DNA metabarcoding

(A) Permanova

 

df

SS

F Model

p

Species

1

6416

2.40

0.0039

Life stage

1

7667

2.87

0.0008

Fullness of stomach

1

3820

1.43

0.12

Sp x Life stage

1

8071

3.02

0.0025

Residuals

40

106770

  

(B) Pairwise-PERMANOVA

  

df

t

p

Inter-specific

Within Juvenile

19

1.50

0.019

Within Adult

20

1.43

0.027

Intra-specific

Within LE

19

1.43

0.031

Within LM

20

1.99

0.0019

  1. Fullness of stomach was incorporated into the analyses as a covariate in order to test its effect on diet composition. The tests were based on Jaccard coefficient matric for presence and absence (PA) datasets.
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