Table 3 Summary of permutational analysis of variance (PERMANOVA) results* assessing differences in gut bacterial composition at bacterial class, genus, and amplicon sequence variant (ASV)-levels for the subset of Southern Beaufort Sea (SB) polar bears using Bray–Curtis distances.
From: Distinct gut microbiomes in two polar bear subpopulations inhabiting different sea ice ecoregions
Class-level | Analysis of Variance Table | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Df | SumsOfSqs | MeanSqs | F.Model | R2 | Pr(> F) | |
Sex/age class | 2 | 0.319 | 0.160 | 1.274 | 0.053 | 0.233 |
Body Condition | 1 | 0.209 | 0.209 | 1.670 | 0.035 | 0.142 |
FA_PC1 | 1 | 0.126 | 0.126 | 1.005 | 0.021 | 0.411 |
FA_PC2 | 1 | 0.262 | 0.262 | 2.092 | 0.043 | 0.085 |
Capture year | 1 | 0.261 | 0.261 | 2.080 | 0.043 | 0.074 |
Residuals | 39 | 4.886 | 0.125 | 0.806 | ||
Total | 45 | 6.063 | 1 | |||
Genus-level | Analysis of Variance Table | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Df | SumsOfSqs | MeanSqs | F.Model | R2 | Pr(> F) | |
Sex/age class | 2 | 0.810 | 0.405 | 1.776 | 0.071 | 0.023 |
Body Condition | 1 | 0.209 | 0.208 | 0.914 | 0.018 | 0.527 |
FA_PC1 | 1 | 0.504 | 0.504 | 2.208 | 0.044 | 0.024 |
FA_PC2 | 1 | 0.439 | 0.439 | 1.925 | 0.039 | 0.034 |
Capture year | 1 | 0.483 | 0.483 | 2.118 | 0.043 | 0.019 |
Residuals | 39 | 8.895 | 0.228 | 0.784 | ||
Total | 45 | 11.339 | 1 | |||
ASV-level | Analysis of Variance Table | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Df | SumsOfSqs | MeanSqs | F.Model | R2 | Pr(> F) | |
Sex/age class | 2 | 0.719 | 0.359 | 1.568 | 0.063 | 0.057 |
Body Condition | 1 | 0.205 | 0.205 | 0.894 | 0.018 | 0.519 |
FA_PC1 | 1 | 0.557 | 0.557 | 2.431 | 0.049 | 0.009 |
FA_PC2 | 1 | 0.442 | 0.442 | 1.927 | 0.039 | 0.023 |
Capture year | 1 | 0.485 | 0.485 | 2.116 | 0.043 | 0.024 |
Residuals | 39 | 8.937 | 0.229 | 0.788 | ||
Total | 45 | 11.344 | 1 | |||
