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Is adonis a PERMANOVA?
adonis is an alternative to AMOVA (nested analysis of molecular variance, Excoffier, Smouse, and Quattro, 1992; amova in the ade4 package) for both crossed and nested factors. If the experimental design has nestedness, then use strata to test hypotheses.
How does a PERMANOVA work?
PERMANOVA is used to compare groups of objects and test the null hypothesis that the centroids and dispersion of the groups as defined by measure space are equivalent for all groups. A rejection of the null hypothesis means that either the centroid and/or the spread of the objects is different between the groups.
What is the function of adonis?
adonis is a function for the analysis and partitioning sums of squares using semimetric and metric distance matrices. Insofar as it partitions sums of squares of a multivariate data set, it is directly analogous to MANOVA (multivariate analysis of variance).
What is pseudo F in Permanova?
You can think of the pseudo-F as a measure of effect-size and is different than your p value. The larger your pseudo-F the greater the difference in your comparison.
How to compare PERMANOVA to the 3 way ANOSIM?
For comparison of Permanova and Anosim see doi:10.1111/aec.13059. 3-way ANOSIM (incorporating the Lek et al. data) coming soon in the same issue. What are your software suggestions for PERMANOVA?
Why are there so many samples in PERMANOVA?
You are getting small differences that are highly significant because the numerous samples give you massive power, but you are in danger of missing the bigger picture. The underlying problem here is the sample grain, and this is well understood for such dietary studies.
Can a PERMANOVA be used for cluster analysis?
Yes, You can use many methods of cluster or ordenation analysis. May be the assay with PRIMER software could help you and select the methods that you want. Which data structure to use for multivariate analysis (PERMANOVA, ANOSIM etc.)?
How to design a PERMANOVA model with fixed factors?
I’m working in PRIMER v7 that allows PERMANOVA models with both fixed factors and continuous covariates. If I considered a model without covariates, the design might be a repeated measures approach (since stations never move) with: Season = fixed (4 levels), Stratum = fixed (2 levels), Station = random (50 levels) nested within Stratum.