Environmental Gradient Favours Functionally Diverse Macrobenthic Community in a Placer Rich Tropical Bay

Table 4

Result of the two-way ANOVA. Only the variables that were significant are represented. Season/transect showing significantly highest mean values from the SNK test are shown. SNK test Student-Newman-Keuls tests.

Variables	Source of variation	df	MS	𝐹	P	SNK test
Abundance	Season	2	34366.5	27.86	1.77𝐸−07	Post M
Biomass	Season	2	5.68	8.81	9.76𝐸−04	Pre M
Sp. number	Season	2	1401.46	31.65	5.11𝐸−08	Post M, Pre M
Sp. richness	Season	2	43.06	35.63	1.54𝐸−08	Pre M, Post M
Sp. diversity	Season	2	4.7	4.411	2.69𝐸−09	Post M
Unidentified Sabellidae	Season	2	198.49	57.90	7.47𝐸−11	Post M
Cyathura sp.	Season	2	74.57	20.67	2.63𝐸−06	Pre M
P.  pinnata	Season	2	91.94	34.19	2.35𝐸−08	Mon
Ampelisca sp.	Season	2	105.46	36.89	1.08𝐸−08	Post M
Synchelidium sp.	Season	2	100.62	71.42	6.24𝐸−12	Post M