Sediment Properties and Benthic Fauna Associated with Stock Enhancement and Farming of Marine Bivalve Populations in Xiangshan Bay, China

Table 2

Results of a two-way analysis of similarity (ANOSIM) of benthic fauna communities in different treatment areas.

Groups	R statistic	Significance level	Possible permutations	Actual permutations	Number ≥ observed
CA-AEA	0.042	0.40	35	35	14
CA-OFA	0.760	0.029	35	35	1
AEA-OFA	0.896	0.029	35	35	1

CA, the control area; AEA, the ark shell enhancement area; OFA, the oyster farming area.