Posthurricane recovery of riverine fauna reflected in the diet of an apex predator

Stevens, PW, DA Blewett, TR Champeau, and CJ Stafford

PRIMER Statistics (Primer Version 6.1.6)

MDS

Non-metric Multi-Dimensional Scaling

Resemblance worksheet

Name: Resem1

Data type: Similarity

Selection: All

Parameters

Kruskal stress formula: 1

Minimum stress: 0.01

Best 3-d configuration (Stress: 0.01)

Sample 1 2 3 %

Fall 04 -0.89 -0.30 -0.04 1.9

Winter 05 -0.87 -0.27 0.02 2.2

Spring 05 -0.87 -0.15 -0.08 6.1

Summer 05 0.79 -0.37 0.00 1.5

Fall 05 0.79 -0.37 0.06 29.3

Winter 06 0.18 0.98 -0.81 20.6

Spring 06 0.79 -0.37 -0.06 16.9

Summer 06 0.07 0.85 0.91 21.5

Best 2-d configuration (Stress: 0.04)

Sample 1 2 %

Fall 04 1.23 -0.15 4.5

Winter 05 1.02 0.09 14.1

Spring 05 0.42 -0.28 15.5

Summer 05 -0.39 0.34 8.2

Fall 05 -0.43 -0.51 24.0

Winter 06 -1.02 -1.01 8.6

Spring 06 -0.19 0.14 12.9

Summer 06 -0.64 1.38 12.2

STRESS VALUES

Repeat 3D 2D

1 0.01 0.04

2 0.01 0.04

3 0.01 0.1

4 0.01 0.04

5 0.01 0.14

6 0.01 0.04

7 0.01 0.04

8 0.01 0.04

9 0.01 0.14

10 0.01 0.04

11 0.01 0.04

12 0.01 0.1

13 0.01 0.04

14 0.01 ** 0.04

15 0.01 0.04

16 0.01 0.04

17 0.01 0.04

18 0.01 0.04

19 0.01 0.04

20 0.01 0.04

21 0.14 0.04

22 0.01 0.1

23 0.01 0.04

24 0.01 0.04

25 0.01 0.04

** = Maximum number of iterations used

3-d : Minimum stress: 0.01 occurred 24 times

2-d : Minimum stress: 0.04 occurred 20 times

Outputs

Plot: Graph2

Plot: Graph3


SIMPER

Groups Pre & Post

Average dissimilarity = 81.34

Group Pre Group Post

Species Av.Abund Av.Abund Av.Diss Diss/SD Contrib% Cum.%

Hoplosternum littorale 0.63 0.28 23.87 1.01 29.35 29.35

Procambarus 0.17 0.58 22.27 0.93 27.38 56.72

Gambusia holbrooki 0.48 0.00 10.51 0.44 12.92 69.64

Ictaluridae 0.00 0.12 5.19 0.35 6.38 76.03

Callinectes sapidus 0.12 0.00 4.42 0.32 5.43 81.46

Oreochromis aureus 0.03 0.07 3.91 0.30 4.80 86.26

Hemichromis letourneauxi 0.00 0.08 2.65 0.22 3.26 89.53

Xanthidae 0.00 0.04 1.07 0.13 1.31 90.84

Groups Pre & Summer 06

Average dissimilarity = 92.90

Group Pre Group Summer 06

Species Av.Abund Av.Abund Av.Diss Diss/SD Contrib% Cum.%

Hoplosternum littorale 0.63 0.00 23.74 0.99 25.55 25.55

Xanthidae 0.00 0.68 20.59 0.73 22.16 47.71

Procambarus 0.17 0.46 19.71 0.88 21.21 68.93

Gambusia holbrooki 0.48 0.00 10.12 0.44 10.90 79.82

Callinectes sapidus 0.12 0.06 6.38 0.40 6.86 86.69

Gobiosoma spp. 0.00 0.20 5.86 0.36 6.30 92.99

Groups Post & Summer 06

Average dissimilarity = 81.85

Group Post Group Summer 06

Species Av.Abund Av.Abund Av.Diss Diss/SD Contrib% Cum.%

Procambarus 0.58 0.46 24.01 1.07 29.33 29.33

Xanthidae 0.04 0.68 22.09 0.76 26.99 56.32

Hoplosternum littorale 0.28 0.00 10.92 0.60 13.34 69.67

Gobiosoma spp. 0.00 0.20 6.11 0.37 7.47 77.13

Ictaluridae 0.12 0.00 5.15 0.35 6.29 83.42

Oreochromis aureus 0.07 0.00 3.00 0.26 3.67 87.09

Callinectes sapidus 0.00 0.06 2.84 0.25 3.48 90.57


RELATE

Testing matched resemblance matrices

Resemblance worksheet

Name: Resem1

Data type: Similarity

Selection: All

Secondary data: Result of seriation

Parameters

Rank correlation method: Spearman

Sample statistic (Rho): 0.572

Significance level of sample statistic: 0.1 %

Number of permutations: 999

Number of permuted statistics greater than or equal to Rho: 0