Acropora distribution patterns in the northern and northeastern Persian Gulf

Zoological Studies

Table 2 Percentage dissimilarity ( δ ) of Acropora identified by SIMPER

Species	Location		Contributionδ(%)	Cumulativeδ(%)	R	p value
	Larak	Farur			0.53	<0.002
	31.36% dissimilarity				0.53	<0.002
A. downingi	59.17	37.83	35.05	35.05
A. arabensis	20.33	6.00	23.04	58.09
A. nasuta	1.17	0.00	9.57	67.66
A. valida	2.17	1.50	8.68	76.34
A. aspera	0.00	0.67	8.62	84.96
A. mossambica	0.67	0.00	4.99	89.95
A. horrida	0.17	0.33	4.89	94.84
	Larak	Khark			0.70	<0.001
	38.70% dissimilarity				0.70	<0.001
A. downingi	59.17	35.22	37.26	37.26
A. arabensis	20.33	5.11	28.14	65.40
A. valida	2.17	0.00	14.17	79.57
A. nasuta	1.17	0.00	8.67	88.25
A. mossambica	0.67	0.00	4.51	92.76
	Farur	Khark			0.43	<0.003
	23.14% dissimilarity				0.43	<0.003
A. valida	1.50	0.00	27.87	27.87
A. downingi	37.83	35.22	22.76	50.63
A. arabensis	6.00	5.11	22.34	72.97
A. aspera	0.67	0.11	14.25	87.22
A. horrida	0.33	0.00	7.04	94.26