Spatial patterns and response to wave exposure of shallow water algal assemblages across the Canarian Archipelago: a multi-scaled approach

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1 The following appendices accompany the article Spatial patterns and response to wave exposure of shallow water algal assemblages across the Canarian Archipelago: a multi-scaled approach Fernando Tuya 1, 2, *, Ricardo J. Haroun 1 1 BIOGES, Department of Biology, Campus Tafira, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain 2 Present address: Center for Ecosystem Management, Edith Cowan University, 100 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, Western Australia 6027, Australia * f.tuya@ecu.edu.au Marine Ecology Progress Series 311:15 28 (2006) Appendix 1. Mean percent cover (%) of each algal taxon in each surveyed locations within each island and level of wave exposure Chinijo Lanzarote Fuerteventura Gran Canaria Tenerife Gomera La Palma El Hierro Prot. Exp. Prot. Exp. Prot. Exp. Prot. Exp. Prot. Exp. Prot. Exp. Prot. Exp. Prot. Exp. L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 Amphiroa spp Anadyomene stellata Asparagopsis spp Bryopsis spp Caulerpa mexicana Caulerpa racemosa (peltata) Caulerpa webbiana Cladophora spp Codium spp Colpomenia sinuosa Corallina elongata Cotoniella filamentosa Cymopolia barbata Cutleria multifida Cystoseira abies-marina Cystoseira compressa Cystoseira mauritanica Dasya spp Dasycladus vermicularis Dyctiopteris spp Dyctiota dichotoma Dyctiota bartayresiana Halimeda discoidea Haliptilon virgatum Hydroclathrus clathratus Jania spp

2 Appendix 1 (continued) Chinijo Lanzarote Fuerteventura Gran Canaria Tenerife Gomera La Palma El Hierro Prot. Exp. Prot. Exp. Prot. Exp. Prot. Exp. Prot. Exp. Prot. Exp. Prot. Exp. Prot. Exp. L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L1 L2 Laurencia spp Lobophora variegata Lophocladia trichoclados Nemastoma canariensis Padina pavonica Microdyction boergesenii Sargassum spp Scinaia spp Stypocaulon scoparium Stypopodium zonale Zonaria tournefortii Unidentified filamentous turf Coralline crustose algae

3 Appendix 2. Summary of the results from the SIMPER procedure 1. Protected versus exposed locations Average dissimilarity = Lobophora variegata Unidentified filamentous turf Dyctiota dichotoma 7.29 Stypocaulon scoparium 5.87 Asparagopsis spp Padina pavonica 5.61 Jania spp Cystoseira abies-marina Dissimilarities among islands 2.1 Chinijo versus Lanzarote Average dissimilarity = Unidentified filamentous turf 9.01 Sargassum spp Stypocaulon scoparium 8.35 Cystoseira mauritanica 7.34 Lobophora variegata 6.85 Padina pavonica 6.48 Cystoseira abies-marina 6.28 Asparagopsis spp Chinijo versus Fuerteventura Average dissimilarity = Unidentified filamentous turf Stypocaulon scoparium Sargassum spp Padina pavonica 8.31 Cystoseira mauritanica 7.92 Jania spp Dyctiota dichotoma 6.42 Lobophora variegata Chinijo versus Gran Canaria Average dissimilarity = Unidentified filamentous turf Dyctiota dichotoma Sargassum spp Cystoseira mauritanica 8.32 Lobophora variegata 8.11 Stypocaulon scoparium Lanzarote versus Gran Canaria Average dissimilarity = Stypocaulon scoparium 9.79 Dyctiota dichotoma 8.06 Lobophora variegata 7.93 Cystoseira abies-marina 7.92 Colpomenia sinuosa 7.33 Asparagopsis spp Fuerteventura versus Gran Canaria Average dissimilarity = Dyctiota dichotoma 9.54 Stypocaulon scoparium 9.24 Lobophora variegata 8.75 Padina pavonica 7.59 Colpomenia sinuosa 7.02 Unidentified filamentous turf 6.82 Asparagopsis spp Chinijo versus Tenerife Average dissimilarity = Unidentified filamentous turf Cystoseira abies-marina 9.30 Sargassum spp Cystoseira mauritanica 7.64 Dyctiota dichotoma 7.52 Asparagopsis spp Lanzarote versus Tenerife Average dissimilarity = Cystoseira abies-marina Stypocaulon scoparium Unidentified filamentous turf 8.77 Padina pavonica 8.53

4 Appendix 2 (continued) Asparagopsis spp Dyctiota dichotoma Fuerteventura versus Tenerife Average dissimilarity = Stypocaulon scoparium Jania spp Cystoseira abies-marina 9.24 Lophocladia trichoclados Gran Canaria versus Tenerife Average dissimilarity = Cystoseira abies-marina Lobophora variegata Lophocladia trichoclados 8.85 Colpomenia sinuosa 8.20 Asparagopsis spp Stypocaulon scoparium Chinijo versus Gomera Average dissimilarity = Unidentified filamentous turf Sargassum spp Cystoseira mauritanica 7.51 Colpomenia sinuosa 7.39 Asparagopsis spp Lobophora variegata Lanzarote versus Gomera Average dissimilarity = Unidentified filamentous turf Asparagopsis spp Stypocaulon scoparium 7.13 Cystoseira abies-marina 7.11 Padina pavonica 6.56 Dyctiota dichotoma Fuerteventura versus Gomera Average dissimilarity = Unidentified filamentous turf Jania spp Stypocaulon scoparium Padina pavonica 8.27 Asparagopsis spp Corallina elongata 7.27 Dyctiota dichotoma Gran Canaria versus Gomera Average dissimilarity = Unidentified filamentous turf Dyctiota dichotoma Lobophora variegata 8.31 Colpomenia sinuosa 7.17 Jania spp Stypocaulon scoparium Tenerife versus Gomera Average dissimilarity = Unidentified filamentous turf Cystoseira abies-marina Dyctiota dichotoma Asparagopsis spp Lophocladia trichoclados 9.52 Corallina elongata Chinijo versus La Palma Average dissimilarity = Lobophora variegata Unidentified filamentous turf Sargassum spp Cystoseira mauritanica 7.81 Colpomenia sinuosa 6.79 Asparagopsis spp Lanzarote versus La Palma Average dissimilarity = Lobophora variegata Stypocaulon scoparium 7.46 Padina pavonica 6.86

5 Appendix 2 (continued) Cystoseira abies-marina 6.04 Unidentified filamentous turf 5.85 Dyctiota dichotoma Fuerteventura versus La Palma Average dissimilarity = Lobophora variegata Stypocaulon scoparium Jania spp Padina pavonica 8.02 Dyctiota dichotoma 7.16 Unidentified filamentous turf Gran Canaria versus La Palma Average dissimilarity = Lobophora variegata Dyctiota dichotoma Stypocaulon scoparium 6.69 Padina pavonica 6.62 Colpomenia sinuosa 6.55 Unidentified filamentous turf Tenerife versus La Palma Average dissimilarity = Lobophora variegata Dyctiota dichotoma 9.34 Cystoseira abies-marina 9.27 Unidentified filamentous turf 8.83 Lophocladia trichoclados 7.45 Asparagopsis spp Gomera versus La Palma Average dissimilarity = Lobophora variegata Unidentified filamentous turf Asparagopsis spp Corallina elongata 7.51 Cystoseira compresa 5.10 Dyctiota dichotoma Chinijo versus El Hierro Average dissimilarity = Lobophora variegata Sargassum spp Unidentified filamentous turf 8.41 Cystoseira mauritanica 7.87 Colpomenia sinuosa 7.80 Asparagopsis spp Lanzarote versus El Hierro Average dissimilarity = Lobophora variegata Sargassum spp Stypocaulon scoparium 7.25 Dyctiota dichotoma 6.14 Padina pavonica 6.10 Lophocladia trichoclados Fuerteventura versus El Hierro Average dissimilarity = Lobophora variegata Stypocaulon scoparium 9.95 Jania spp Unidentified filamentous turf 7.23 Padina pavonica 7.12 Sargassum spp Gran Canaria versus El Hierro Average dissimilarity = Lobophora variegata Dyctiota dichotoma Sargassum spp Colpomenia sinuosa 6.77 Unidentified filamentous turf 6.34 Stypocaulon scoparium Tenerife versus El Hierro Average dissimilarity = Lobophora variegata 23.87

6 Appendix 2 (continued) Unidentified filamentous turf Dyctiota dichotoma 9.94 Cystoseira abies-marina 8.74 Sargassum spp Lophocladia trichoclados Gomera versus El Hierro Average dissimilarity = Lobophora variegata Unidentified filamentous turf Asparagopsis spp Sargassum spp Corallina elongata 6.01 Dyctiota dichotoma La Palma versus El Hierro Average dissimilarity = Sargassum spp Unidentified filamentous turf 9.33 Cystoseira compresa 9.14 Lobophora variegata 8.02 Dyctiota dichotoma 6.54 Stypopodium zonale 5.32

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