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Figure 7 
Nonmetric multidimensional scaling plot for a com- 
parison of the centroids for (A) total abundance and 
( B ) total weight for the fish community from pools at 
Praia dos Castelhanos, Espirito Santo, Brazil. Matrices 
were built by using the Bray-Curtis coefficient, and 
data were transformed (4 th root) to reduce the influ- 
ence of abundant taxa. Numbers (1-6) are the numbers 
assigned to the tide pools (see Fig. 1). 
nonpools alike) to incorporate the full complement of 
species’ behavior for a more complete understanding of 
how intertidal fish species use and survive in a chal- 
lenging environment. 
Acknowledgments 
The authors thank C. Pimentel, J. L. Gasparini, J. Van 
Tassell, P. Jesus Jr., E. Almeida and E. Stein for their 
help, A. Martins and C. E. L. Ferreira for their insights 
and corrections. R. M. acknowledges financial support 
by Fundagao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Espirito Santo 
(FAPES) and Coordenagao de Aperfei?oamento de Pes- 
soal de Nivel Superior (CAPES). Biological material was 
collected with permit 033/05 from Instituto Brasileiro 
do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renovaveis 
(IBAMA). 
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