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Table 2 Summary of statistical tests for comparisons of recruitment rates

From: Coral recruitment of a subtropical coral community at Yenliao Bay, northern Taiwan

 

Part a

Part b

Part c

  

2006

2007

2008

2009

2006

2007

 

df

F

p

df

H

p

df

H

p

df

H

p

df

H

p

df

Z

p

df

Z

p

Surfaces

2

21.55

<0.0001*

2

13.17

<0.01*

2

21.49

<0.0001*

2

2.11

0.35

2

1.35

0.51

      

T vs. B

               

9

-3.00

<0.01*

9

-3.66

<0.001*

B vs. V

               

9

-3.27

<0.01*

9

-3.87

<0.001*

T vs. V

               

9

-0.34

0.73

9

-2.42

0.015*

  1. Part a, among surfaces (top, bottom, and vertical) in 2006 to 2009, Kruskal-Wallis rank test; *p < 0.05 is significant. Part b, among surfaces, Kruskal-Wallis rank test; *p < 0.05 is significant. Part c, among surfaces (T, top; B, bottom; V, vertical), Mann–Whitney U test with Bonferroni correction; *p < 0.0167 is significant.
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