Plots

All macroalgae taxa:

Select macroalgae taxa:

Transect effort by month:

Models

Area 1 ANOVA model for frequency occurrency by month and location (backbay/mainbay), with interaction.
Taxa Var Sum Sq Mean Sq F value Pr(>F)
Green Month 0.05 0.05 15.21 0.00
Location 0.03 0.02 5.06 0.04
Month x Location 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.70
Cyanobacteria Month 0.09 0.09 4.07 0.08
Location 0.04 0.02 0.93 0.43
Month x Location 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.81
Area 3 ANOVA model for frequency occurrency by month and location (backbay/mainbay), with interaction.
Taxa Var Sum Sq Mean Sq F value Pr(>F)
Green Month 0.30 0.30 23.57 0.00
Location 0.21 0.10 8.14 0.01
Month x Location 0.08 0.08 6.59 0.03
Cyanobacteria Month 0.08 0.08 3.02 0.12
Location 0.10 0.05 1.84 0.21
Month x Location 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.96