The Scientific World Journal / 2013 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Epibenthic Assessment of a Renewable Tidal Energy Site Table 3 SIMPER analysis to determine the taxa whose abundance contributes most to the similarities seen between Locations for (a) abundant/encrusting and (b) infrequent/conspicuous.
(a) Frames
Contrib. percentage Location A Grouped hydroids 0.63 16.19 Turf algae 0.65 14.62 Encrusting sponge 4 0.5 11.54 Red algae 0.42 10.97 Encrusting sponge 1 0.52 9.78 Encrusting sponge 2 0.48 7.76 Location B Grouped hydroids 0.93 20.14 Turf algae 0.68 13.2 Encrusting sponge 1 0.6 11.51 Red algae 0.61 11.02 Flustra foliacea 0.55 10.37 Encrusting algae 2 0.48 9.18 Location C Grouped hydroids 0.97 21.31 Turf algae 0.77 14.53 Red algae 0.48 9.26 Encrusting sponge 4 0.45 8.57 Encrusting sponge 1 0.46 7.5 Encrusting sponge 2 0.38 5.9 Location D Grouped hydroids 0.92 20.81 Turf algae 0.82 17.61 Pomatoceros triqueter 0.7 12.96 Encrusting sponge 2 0.52 8.31 Encrusting sponge 1 0.5 6.78 Nemertesia antennina 0.38 5.2 Location E Turf algae 0.8 16.76 Encrusting sponge 4 0.8 15.86 Hydroids (grouped) 0.73 15.15 Cellepora pumicosa 0.73 13.6 Encrusting sponge 1 0.7 12.53 Pentapora foliacea 0.67 11.85
(b) Video transects Location A Marthasterias glacialis 1.45 24.71 Alcyonium digitatum 0.8 13.37 Henricia oculata 0.81 9.7 Ammodytes tobianus 0.34 8.8 Pentapora foliacea 0.63 8.68 Cancer pagurus 0.52 6.22 Location B Marthasterias glacialis 1.66 17.76 Henricia oculata 1.55 13.8 Cliona celata 1.19 12.4 Cancer pagurus 1.32 11.1 Ctenolabrus rupestris 1.21 10.92 Necora puber 1.05 8.37 Location C Marthasterias glacialis 1.93 15.88 Henricia oculata 1.72 15.04 Polymastia boletiformis 1.25 10 Alcyonium digitatum 1.15 8.81 Cancer pagurus 0.97 8.23 Branching sponge 1 1.05 8.05 Location D Marthasterias glacialis 1.18 18.36 Pentapora foliacea 1.39 14.06 Henricia oculata 1.01 13.35 Branching sponge 2 1.45 12.06 Polymastia boletiformis 1.1 8.88 Branching sponge 4 0.95 6.67 Location E Branching sponge 2 1.3 15.75 Marthasterias glacialis 1.41 15.59 Henricia oculata 0.99 11.54 Pentapora foliacea 1.04 10.41 Alcyonium digitatum 0.65 7.02 Maja squinado 0.78 5.85
