Table 2 PERMANOVA based on the Bray-Curtis distances between water and sediment samples.
Df | Sums Of Sqs | F-Model | R2 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pH | 1 | 0.360 | 1.076 | 0.0197 | 0.32 |
Temperature | 1 | 0.273 | 0.815 | 0.0149 | 0.801 |
Region | 1 | 0.406 | 1.212 | 0.0221 | 0.151 |
Sample type | 1 | 2.055 | 6.140 | 0.1122 | 0.001*** |
Residuals | 45 | 15.063 | - | 0.8222 | - |
Total | 49 | 18.321 | - | 1.0000 | - |