Chapter 16: Further multivariate comparisons and resemblance measures
16.1 Introduction
To motivate the first method of this chapter look again at the analysis of macrobenthic samples f...
16.2 Matching of ordinations
The BEST (Bio-Env) technique of Chapter 11 can be generalised in a natural way, to the selection ...
16.3 Example: Amoco-Cadiz oil spill
Applying this (BVStep) procedure to the 125-species set from the Bay of Morlaix, a smallest subse...
16.4 Further extensions
Both BEST Bio-Env and BVStep routines can be generalised to accommodate possibilities other than ...
16.5 Second-stage MDS
It is not normally a viable sampling strategy, for soft-sediment benthos at least, to use BVStep ...
16.6 Comparison of resemblance measures
S Tikus Island coral cover The use of second-stage MDS plots can be extended to also include the ...
16.7 Second-stage interaction plots
Phuket coral-reef times series A rather different application of second-stage MDS¶ is motivated b...
16.8 Example: Algal recolonisation, Calafuria
An example of this type (though not a classic BACI situation) is given by , for a study by . Sub-...