Effect of Disturbance Regime on Alpha and Beta Diversity of Rock Pools
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
2.1. Study Site
2.2. Experimental Design
2.3. Data Collection
2.4. Statistical Analyses
2.4.1. Alpha Diversity
2.4.2. Beta Diversity
3. Results and Discussion
Phylum | Class | Taxa |
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Bacillariophyta | Bacillariophyceae | Berkeleya rutilans |
Coscinodiscophyceae | Melosira sp. | |
Chlorophyta | Ulvophyceae | Ulvaria obscura |
Phaeophyta | Phaeophyceae | Chordaria flagelliformis |
Fucus evanescens | ||
Fucus vesiculosus | ||
Laminaria sp. | ||
Petalonia fascia | ||
Ralfsia fungiformis | ||
Ralfsia verrucosa | ||
Scytosiphon lomentaria | ||
Rhodophyta | Florideophyceae | Hildenbrandia rubra |
Rhodophyceae | Clathromorphum circumscriptum | |
Polysiphonia sp. | ||
Porphyra umbilicalis | ||
Annelida | Polychaeta | Fabricia stellaris |
Polydora ciliata | ||
Spirorbis spirorbis | ||
Anthropoda | Crustacea | Semibalanus balanoides |
Cnidaria | Anthozoa | Aulactinia stella |
Clava multicornis | ||
Hydrozoa | Obelia sp. | |
Mollusca | Bivalvia | Mytilus edulis and/or Mytilus trossulus |
3.1. Nutrient Enrichment
3.1.1. Alpha Diversity
Sources of variation | Taxa richness | Shannon-Wiener diversity index | Pielou evenness index | |||||||
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df | MS | F | p | MS | F | p | MS | F | p | |
Regime | 2 | 13.291 | 4.789 | * | 6.009 | 3.201 | ns | 0.313 | 1.158 | ns |
Rock pool (Re) | 12 | 2.727 | 1.049 | ns | 1.855 | 6.222 | ** | 0.273 | 3.478 | * |
Period | 1 | 221.696 | 27.460 | *** | 8.633 | 21.347 | ** | 0.249 | 1.869 | ns |
Time (P) | 10 | 7.312 | 3.876 | ** | 0.321 | 1.353 | ns | 0.089 | 2.857 | * |
Re × P | 2 | 6.113 | 2.309 | ns | 0.435 | 1.357 | ns | 0.077 | 1.023 | ns |
Re × T(P) | 20 | 1.889 | 1.023 | ns | 0.237 | 1.105 | ns | 0.031 | 0.916 | ns |
P × R(Re) | 12 | 2.599 | 1.415 | ns | 0.298 | 1.389 | ns | 0.079 | 2.318 | * |
T(P) × R(Re) | 120 | 1.837 | 1.479 | ** | 0.215 | 1.087 | ns | 0.034 | 1.450 | ** |
Residual | 360 | 1.243 | 0.197 | 0.023 |
3.1.2. Beta Diversity
3.2. Draining
3.2.1. Alpha Diversity
Taxa richness | Shannon-Wiener diversity index | Pielou evenness index | ||||||||
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Source of variation | df | MS | F | p | MS | F | p | MS | F | p |
Regime | 2 | 65.272 | 11.922 | *** | 5.277 | 12.116 | *** | 0.363 | 1.731 | ns |
Rock pool (Re) | 12 | 4.316 | 1.015 | ns | 0.406 | 2.495 | ns | 0.211 | 3.958 | * |
Period | 1 | 69.696 | 5.868 | * | 0.238 | 0.710 | ns | 0.057 | 0.799 | ns |
Time (P) | 10 | 9.497 | 3.134 | * | 0.214 | 2.987 | * | 0.042 | 1.888 | ns |
Re × P | 2 | 35.091 | 6.486 | ** | 0.054 | 0.279 | ns | 0.125 | 2.388 | ns |
Re × T(P) | 20 | 3.030 | 1.620 | ns | 0.072 | 1.698 | * | 0.022 | 0.960 | ns |
P × R(Re) | 12 | 4.251 | 2.272 | * | 0.163 | 3.861 | *** | 0.053 | 2.326 | ** |
T(P) × R(Re) | 120 | 1.871 | 1.169 | ns | 0.042 | 0.510 | ns | 0.023 | 1.007 | ns |
Residual | 360 | 1.600 | 0.083 | 0.022 |
3.2.2. Beta Diversity
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Séguin A, Gravel D, Archambault P. Effect of Disturbance Regime on Alpha and Beta Diversity of Rock Pools. Diversity. 2014; 6(1):1-17. https://doi.org/10.3390/d6010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleSéguin, Annie, Dominique Gravel, and Philippe Archambault. 2014. "Effect of Disturbance Regime on Alpha and Beta Diversity of Rock Pools" Diversity 6, no. 1: 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3390/d6010001