Variable Oglet Bay Decoy Marsh Combined
  % of total inertia % of constrained inertia % of total inertia % of constrained inertia % of total inertia % of constrained inertia
Total explained 52 - 73 - 50 -
Distance 6 11 - - - -
Elevation 4 8 - - 2 4
Organic matter 2 5 25 42 3 7
pH 13 25 - - - -
Phragmites spp. - - - - 3 6
Salinity - - - - 3 6
Sand % - - - - 2 3
Transect 14 27 - - 4 8
Clay % - - 24 40 2 3
Inter-correlation 13 26 11 18 32 64
Table 5: pRDA results for all datasets with only significant environmental variables included.