Distance Based Linear Model results showing variance in MF explained by predictor variables when fitted individually (marginal tests) and in sequential models for non-shaded and shaded plots.

Mud = mud content (% [>63 μm]), OC = organic content (%), Chl-a = chlorophyll-a content (μg g−1 sediment), pw-NOX = pore-water NOX concentration (μmols l−1), N = macrofauna community abundance (n), Simpson’s D = Simpson’s diversity index (core−1), all individual species abundances (n core−1).
Distance Based Linear Model results showing variance in MF explained by predictor variables when fitted individually (marginal tests) and in sequential models for non-shaded and shaded plots.