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Correlation
between macrobenthic descriptors (species or generic richness,
and weighted abundance or biomass) and physical factors of the 9
lagoons surveyed. For the surface area and the degree of
aperture of the lagoon, values represent the Pearson correlation
coefficient, whereas for pinnacles and passes, values represent
the Spearman correlation coefficient.
Surface
Degree of
Pinnacles
Passes
area
aperture
Corals
Generic richness
0.713*
0.415
0.683*
0.283
Total abundance
0.104
0.598
0.627
0.114
Molluscs
Species richness
0.827**
-0.051
0.492
0.146
Total abundance
-0.174
-0.415
0.189
-0.211
Echinoderms
Species richness
0.678*
0.114
0.795*
0.365
Total abundance
-0.115
-0.038
-0.170
-0.650
Macroalgae
Species richness
0.779*
0.332
0.701*
0.571
Total biomass 0.157
-0.003
0.137
-0.070
*
= Correlation coefficient significant at p<0.05
**
= at p<0.01
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