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.
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 |