Table 1 Indicator value (IndVal) analyses based on sediment and seawater samples collected at 14 sites in Okinawa, Japan and 18 S rRNA sequences for low, medium, and high anthropogenic pressure sites.

From: Environmental DNA can act as a biodiversity barometer of anthropogenic pressures in coastal ecosystems

 

Low pressure

Medium pressure

High pressure

Family

Common name

stat/P

Family

Common name

stat/P

Family

Common name

stat/P

Sediment

   

Capitellidae

Polychaete worms

0.89/0.050

Capitellidae

Polychaete worms

0.89/0.050

       

Chitonidae

Chitons

0.87/0.022

       

Macrostomidae

Free-living flatworms

0.87/0.016

       

Naididae

Sewage worms

0.87/0.018

Water

Agalmatidae

Siphonophores

0.82/0.021

Veneridae

Venus clams

1.00/0.003

Veneridae

Venus clams

1.00/0.003

 

Kareniaceae

Dinoflagellates

0.82/0.046

Dictyotaceae

Brown algae

0.93/0.017

Dictyotaceae

Brown algae

0.93/0.017

 

Prymnesiaceae

Siliceous haptophytes

0.82/0.037

Sargassaceae

Marine algae

0.87/0.011

Sargassaceae

Marine algae

0.87/0.011

 

Ceratiaceae

Siliceous haptophytes

0.80/0.049

Callyspongiidae

Demosponges

0.79/0.047

Callyspongiidae

Demosponges

0.79/0.047

 

Petrosiidae

Demosponges

0.80/0.046

Haminoeidae

Bubble snails

0.79/0.029

Haminoeidae

Bubble snails

0.79/0.029

       

Rhodellaceae

Marine algae

0.89/0.012

       

Bicosoecidae

Unicellular flagellates

0.87/0.030

       

Labyrinthula

Marine slime molds

0.87/0.025

       

Fragilariaceae

Marine algae

0.84/0.035

  1. P-values were selected at a 0.05 significance level.
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