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Table 1 Results of the silhouette coefficient, homoscedasticity and PERMANOVA tests for the zooplankton groupings from the surface and deeper strata identified in the nMDS analysis. The measure and data transformations are indicated. In bold p(perm) < 0.05

From: Spatial dissimilarity of zooplankton and hydrodynamic conditions in a Patagonian channel used intensely by aquaculture: the influence of a geomorphological constriction

Stratum

Measure

Groups

Silhouette

Fhom

phom

Fperm

pperm

Surface

Bray–Curtis

3

0.338

0.897

0.426

10.377

0.001

Surface

Bray–Curtis (fourth root)

2

0.316

0.130

0.723

11.559

0.001

Deeper

Bray–Curtis

3

0.331

5.011

0.019

8.987

0.001

Deeper

Bray–Curtis (without Q11)

2

0.352

1.413

0.251

13.72

0.001