Table 4. Results from two-way ANOVA of numerical density of gobies (all sizes combined) for exclosure treatment and time.
Small Gobies
Medium Gobies
Large Gobies
ID#
Treatment
No. per plot (mean and S.D. of 18 plots)
Total count (18 plots)
No. per plot (mean and S.D. of 18 plots)
Total count (18 plots)
No. per plot (mean and S.D. of 18 plots)
Total count (18 plots)
Total of All Sizes combined (mean and S.D.)
0
None
6.28 + 1.41
113
7.56 + 0.98
136
4.11 + 1.02
70
17.94 + 1.55
Small
Med
Large
Total
2
Full
7.11 + 1.68
128
13.28 +2.14
239
4.06 + 1.11
73
24.44 + 2.38
2
Part
12.06 + 1.70
199
9.17 + 1.69
181
1.94 + 1.11
31
23.17 + 2.64
2
None
11.06 + 1.47
217
10.06 + 1.86
165
1.72 + 1.13
35
22.83 + 2.01
Small
Med
Large
Total
3
Full
6.17 + 1.38
111
14.06 + 1.89
253
4.33 + 0.97
78
24.56 + 3.20
3
Part
11.61 + 1.97
215
10.06 + 2.24
185
2.50 + 1.29
37
24.17 + 3.00
3
None
11.94 + 1.26
209
10.28 + 1.96
181
2.06 + 1.00
45
24.28 + 2.37
Small
Med
Large
Total
4
Full
5.50 + 1.58
99
13.94 + 1.47
251
3.72 + 1.07
67
23.17 + 2.83
4
Part
9.83 + 1.94
182
10.88 + 2.14
198
2.33 + 0.91
38
23.06 + 2.65
4
None
10.11 + 1.67
177
11.00 + 2.03
196
2.11 + 0.83
42
23.22 + 2.73
Small
Med
Large
Total
5
Full
6.28 + 1.32
113
11.56 + 1.38
208
4.06 + 0.94
73
21.89 + 2.30
5
Part
8.17 + 1.42
151
11.00 + 1.94
202
2.33 + 0.97
35
21.56 + 2.30
5
None
8.39 + 1.50
147
11.22 + 2.16
198
1.94 + 0.87
42
21.56 + 2.94
Small
Med
Large
Total
6
Full
7.44+ 1.76
134
11.56 + 1.38
208
3.06 + 0.87
55
22.06 + 2.67
6
Part
8.50 + 1.92
148
9.72 + 1.84
201
2.61 + 0.98
43
20.83 + 3.20
6
None
8.22 + 1.44
153
11.17 + 2.07
175
2.39 + 0.92
47
21.78 + 2.65
Small
Med
Large
Total
7
Full
8.22 + 1.83
148
10.22 + 1.80
184
2.72 + 1.02
49
21.17 + 2.23
7
Part
8.50 + 1.89
147
9.22 + 1.59
181
2.39 + 1.04
49
20.11 + 2.87
7
None
8.17 + 1.65
153
10.06 + 2.01
166
2.72 + 0.89
43
20.94 + 2.35
Table 5. Mean numerical densities of gobies per plot, divided into three size classes, for each of seven data collection dates and three exclosure treatments (full, partial, none). (For ID#s, refer to Table 1.)
Source
df
SS
MS
F
P
Treatment
2
175.44
87.72
76.61
< 0.001
Month
5
12.22
2.04
1.78
0.102
Interaction
12
48.89
4.07
3.56
< 0.001
Error
357
408.78
1.15
Total
377
645.33
Table 6. Results from two-way ANOVA of numerical density of large gobies for exclosure treatment and time.
Appendix A. Mean number (+ S.D.) of large, medium and small gobies (separately) recorded per plot for each of three treatments from February to October 2004. Exclosures were in place and functional just after ID#0 and were taken down immediately after ID#5.