Application 124771 - Ministry of Fisheries

MAY 2012 REPORT NO. 2134 | CAWTHRON INSTITUTE
Appendix 5. Results of the Simper analysis for infauna abundance data from grab
samples at reference farm sites and control sites at 35% similarity (Primer 6).
SIMPER
Similarity Percentages - species contributions
One-Way Analysis
Data worksheet
Name: Data2
Data type: Abundance
Sample selection: All
Variable selection: All
Parameters
Resemblance: S17 Bray Curtis similarity
Cut off for low contributions: 90.00%
Factor Groups
Sample 35 Percent
Control 1 Nth: CONTROL1NTH-G1 c
Control 1 Nth: CONTROL1NTH-G2 c
Control 2 Nth: Control2NTH-G2 c
Control 3 Nth: Control3Nth-G1 c
Control 3 Nth: Control3Nth-G2 c
Control 3 Nth: Control3Nth-G3 c
Control 4 Sth: Control4Sth-G1 c
Control 4 Sth: Control4Sth-G2 c
Control 5 Sth: Control5Sth-G1 c
Control 5 Sth: Control5Sth-G2 c
Control 5 Sth: Control5Sth-G3 c
Control 6 Sth: Control6Sth-G1 c
Control 6 Sth: Control6Sth-G3 c
Li292: Li292FARM2-G3 c
Li362: LI362FARM6-G1 c
Li379: Li379FARM7-G3 c
Li396: Li396FARM1-G3 c
Control 1 Nth: CONTROL1NTH-G3 b
Control 4 Sth: Control4Sth-G3 b
Control 6 Sth: Control6Sth-G2 b
Li292: Li292FARM2-G1 b
Li292: Li292FARM2-G2 b
Li296: Li296FARM4-G1 b
Li296: Li296FARM4-G2 b
Li296: Li296FARM4-G3 b
Li344: Li344FARM8-G1 b
Li344: Li344FARM8-G2 b
Li344: Li344FARM8-G3 b
Li346: Li346FARM3-G1 b
Li346: Li346FARM3-G2 b
Li346: Li346FARM3-G3 b
Li362: LI362FARM6-G2 b
Li362: LI362FARM6-G3 b
Li379: Li379FARM7-G1 b
Li379: Li379FARM7-G2 b
Li380: Li380FARM5-G1 b
Li380: Li380FARM5-G2 b
Li380: Li380FARM5-G3 b
Li396: Li396FARM1-G1 b
Li396: Li396FARM1-G2 b
Control 2 Nth: Control2NTH-G1 a
Control 2 Nth: Control2NTH-G3 a
Group c
Average similarity: 42.07
Species Av.Abund Av.Sim Sim/SD Contrib% Cum.%
Sigalionidae 1.11 8.64 2.14 20.53 20.53
Cossura consimilis 0.86 5.52 1.07 13.12 33.65
Aglaophamus sp. 0.86 4.53 0.93 10.78 44.43
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