Table 2 Effect of tourists and other variables on meiofaunal ZOTU community composition.

From: Human access impacts biodiversity of microscopic animals in sandy beaches

Predictor

R2

P

All water depths

  

  Tourists

0.058

0.021

  Granulometry

0.263

0.002

  Depth

0.090

0.003

  Beach

0.381

0.004

  Residual

0.202

 

Swash

  

  Tourists

0.184

0.204

  Granulometry

NA

NA

  Residual

0.816

 

Shallow

  

  Tourists

0.171

0.241

  Granulometry

0.678

0.200

  Residual

0.151

 

Deep

  

  Tourists

0.111

0.204

  Granulometry

0.404

0.366

  Residual

0.486

 
  1. Results are reported from permutational multivariate analyses of variance (PERMANOVA) on the effect of different sets of explanatory variables on community composition calculated as pairwise Jaccard dissimilarities of the ZOTU occurrence. Analyses are performed for all the dataset, as well as the swash, shallow, and deep level. Differences in granulometry were not analysed at the swash level because only one granulometry type was present for the level. R2 and p values are reported. P values for significant predictors are marked in bold.
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