Spatial changes in the vertical distribution of calanoid copepods down to great depths in the North Pacific

Zoological Studies

Table 3 Mean abundance of copepods in each group identified through in-cluster analysis of the copepod community (see Figure 4 a)

Species	Group and abundance (log10[inds. m ^-3 + 1])								Results of one-way ANOVA
Species	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	F	Results of one-way ANOVA
Aetideus giesbrechti	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.26	0.10	0.04	3.37	**
Clausocalanus arcuicornis	0.00	0.00	0.l00	0.00	0.67	0.29	0.04	16.70	***
Eucalanus bungii	1.10	1.68	1.20	0.51	0.00	0.00	0.17	44.00	***
Euchaeta marina	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.65	0.42	0.11	10.10	***
Haloptilus longicornis	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.24	0.40	0.11	0.01	*
Metridia pacifica	1.03	0.84	0.52	1.52	0.00	0.00	0.43	12.10	***
Metridia okhotensis	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.48	0.00	0.00	0.06	4.93	***
Metridia venusta	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.24	0.21	3.90	**
Neocalanus cristatus	0.58	0.56	0.94	0.85	0.02	0.00	0.28	11.30	***
Neocalanus plumchrus	1.13	0.86	1.13	1.07	0.11	0.08	0.28	19.70	***
Paraeuchaeta elongata	0.01	0.11	0.16	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.16	2.63	*
Pleuromamma abdminalis	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.35	1.07	0.36	13.50	***
Pleuromamma gracilis	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.47	1.03	0.48	9.97	***
Pleuromamma scutullata	0.32	0.45	0.39	0.61	0.00	0.00	0.19	5.70	***
Pleuromamma xiphias	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.11	0.35	0.03	4.43	***
Pseudocalanus minutus	0.67	0.53	0.49	0.35	0.00	0.00	0.20	7.70	***
Racovitzanus antarcticus	0.19	0.44	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.20	3.90	**
Scolecithricella minor	0.37	0.53	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.20	***
Cosmocalanus darwinii	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.64	0.08	0.32	9.20	***
Undinula vulgaris	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.36	0.13	0.04	5.48	***
Total copepods	2.24	1.13	0.44	0.26	1.08	0.36	0.08	61.4	***

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. Groups where the significant greatest abundance was observed were italicized.