Groups (Ecoregion) Class Order Species Stat p-value
Group 1 Coscinodiscophyceae Coscinodiscales Actinoptychus senarius 0.434 0.0243*
(Yellow Sea) Melosirales Melosira nummuloides 0.516 0.003**
Paraliales Paralia sulcata 0.842 0.0001***
Mediophyceae Thalassiosirales Cyclotella striata 0.603 0.0005***
Thalassiosira eccentrica 0.481 0.0081**
Bacillariophyceae Fragilariales Asteroplanus kariana 0.614 0.0017**
Naviculales Pleurosigma angulatum 0.462 0.0111*
Group 2 Mediophyceae Chaetocerotales Chaetoceros affinis 0.380 0.0482*
(Southern Sea) Chaetoceros brevis 0.413 0.0233*
Chaetoceros constrictus 0.613 0.0001***
Chaetoceros contortus 0.550 0.0003***
Chaetoceros curvisetus 0.490 0.0027**
Chaetoceros debilis 0.563 0.0009***
Chaetoceros laciniosus 0.538 0.0001***
Chaetoceros socialis 0.429 0.0377*
Chaetoceros spp. 0.479 0.0094**
Hemiaulales Eucampia zodiacus 0.596 0.0001***
Thalassiosirales Detonula pumila 0.520 0.0011**
Skeletonema dohrnii-marinoii 0.707 0.0001***
Thalassiosira curviseriata 0.657 0.0001***
Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii 0.745 0.0001***
Bacillariophyceae Bacillariales Pseudo-nitzschia pungens 0.450 0.0083**
Fragilariales Asterionellopsis glacialis 0.660 0.0001***
Thalassionematales Thalassionema nitzschioides 0.582 0.0011**
Group 3 Mediophyceae Eupodiscales Odontella aurita 0.463 0.0157*
(Southern East Sea) Bacillariophyceae Licmophorales Licmophora grandis 0.732 0.0001***
Licmophora paradoxa 0.462 0.0072**
Mastogloiales Achnanthes spp. 0.400 0.0402*
Naviculales Navicula spp. 0.605 0.0006***
Surirellales Entomoneis paludosa 0.460 0.0135*
Group 4 (Northern East Sea) Coscinodiscophyceae Corethrales Corethron pennatum 0.521 0.0117*
Coscinodiscales Coscinodiscus centralis 0.707 0.0001***
Mediophyceae Chaetocerotales Chaetoceros radicans 0.522 0.0207*
Thalassiosirales Porosira glacialis 0.674 0.0009***
Thalassiosira pacifica 0.507 0.0458*
Bacillariophyceae Licmophorales Licmophora ehrenbergii 0.522 0.0171*
Rhabdonematales Rhabdonema spp. 0.522 0.0263*