Table 2 ANOVA analysis of the effect of the coral species (Gorgonia ventalina and Stylophora pistillata), the type of substrate for the microbiome (healthy tissue, gall tissue, symbiotic copepod), and their interaction, on three different metrics of microbial OTU diversity — species richness, the Shannon index, and the Simpson index. Degrees of freedom (DF), the F values, and the p values are reported.

From: Microbiomes of gall-inducing copepod crustaceans from the corals Stylophora pistillata (Scleractinia) and Gorgonia ventalina (Alcyonacea)

Response

Predictor

DF

F

p

Richness

coral species

1

0.05

0.83

substrate

2

2.04

0.19

coral species: substrate

2

2.78

0.12

Residuals

9

  

Shannon

coral species

1

0.44

0.52

substrate

2

0.09

0.92

coral species: substrate

2

3.41

0.08

Residuals

9

  

Simpson

coral species

1

0.08

0.79

substrate

2

0.43

0.66

coral species: substrate

2

3.95

0.06

Residuals

9