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Table 5 Results of the SIMPER analysis for the zooplankton community in the deeper stratum of the Caucahué Channel. Av: Average, Ab: Abundance, Sim: Similarity, Dis: Dissimilarity, Cont %: Taxa percentage contribution, Cum %: Cumulative percentage taxa contribution

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

Northern section group

Average similarity: 49.81

Taxa

Av. Ab

Av. Sim

Sim/SD

Cont %

Cum %

 

 Acartia sp.

1.89

13.34

1.32

26.78

26.78

 

 Bryozoa larvae

1.44

11.09

1.29

22.26

49.04

 

 Chaetognatha Sp1

0.89

7.40

2.63

14.86

63.90

 

 Metridia sp.

1.05

5.75

1.18

11.54

75.44

 

 Calanoides patagoniensis

0.67

4.09

1.13

8.22

83.66

 

 Syphonophore Sp1

1.08

3.65

0.67

7.32

90.98

 

Southern section group

Average similarity: 54.60

Taxa

Av. Ab

Av. Sim

Sim/SD

Cont %

Cum %

 

 Metridia sp.

15.66

28.58

2.34

52.33

52.33

 

 Chaetognatha Sp1

4.91

10.43

1.35

19.09

71.43

 

 Bryozoa larvae

3.97

8.12

1.62

14.87

86.30

 

 Ostracoda Sp1

1.19

2.28

1.35

4.18

90.48

 

Northern & southern groups

Average dissimilarity: 77.07

 

Northern

Southern

    

Taxa

Av. Ab

Av. Ab

Av. Dis

Dis/SD

Cont %

Cum %

 Metridia sp.

1.05

15.66

33.06

2.06

42.89

42.89

 Chaetognatha Sp1

0.89

4.91

11.34

1.33

14.72

57.61

 Bryozoa larvae

1.44

3.97

7.44

1.21

9.65

67.26

 Acartia sp.

1.89

0.24

4.90

1.11

6.35

73.61

 Paracalanus sp.

0.17

1.48

3.26

0.87

4.23

77.84

 Ostracoda Sp1

0.01

1.19

3.09

1.52

4.02

81.86

 Syphonophore Sp1

1.08

0.03

2.84

0.75

3.69

85.54

 Calanoides patagoniensis

0.67

0.63

2.18

1.00

2.83

88.38

 Isopoda Sp1

0.08

0.92

2.09

0.91

2.71

91.09