Latitudinal Variation into the Macrofaunal Assemblages Associated to Zostera noltei Seagrass along the Atlantic Coast of Morocco

Table 5

Results of the multivariate permutational analysis (PERMANOVA) for benthic assemblages considering “site” (5 levels, random) and “position” (2 levels, fixed) factors. Analyses are based on Bray–Curtis similarity matrixes from fourth root transformed data; Df = degrees of freedom; MS = mean square; and (perm) = level of significance.

Source	df	MS	Pseudo-F	(perm)
Site	4	10809	18.702	0.001
Position	1	5246.4	1.1611	0.367
Site x position	4	4518.3	7.8178	0.001
Residual	20	577.94
Total	29
Pairwise comparisons for the term site x position
For pairs of levels of “site” within the level of “position”
D	MZ ≠ SM = OU ≠ KH ≠ DA
U	MZ ≠ SM ≠ OU ≠ KH ≠ DA

Bold values mean that significative differences based on p < 0.05 were detected for the tested variable.