Research Article

Comparison of Inorganic and Organic Matter Sedimentation in a Natural Laboratory: A One-Year Study at Lough Hyne Marine Reserve, Ireland

Table 1

Post-hoc Tukey procedure to test at which sites sedimentation differed to a significant degree in Lough Hyne during the study period.
(a) IOM sedimentation

WhirlpoolSouthwestGoleenW. troughNorthwest

Southwest*
Goleen*NS
W. trough**NS
Northwest***NS
North Pier****NS

(b) OM sedimentation

WhirlpoolSouthwestGoleenW. troughNorthwest

SouthwestNS
Goleen*NS
W. troughNSNSNS
Northwest*NSNSNS
North Pier*NSNSNSNS

NS: not significant, *: significant: < 0.05.