Skip to main content
Zoological Studies

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

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

Species Group and abundance (log10[inds. m -3 + 1])   Results of one-way ANOVA
A B C D E F G F
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 ***
  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. Groups where the significant greatest abundance was observed were italicized.
Back to article page