Table 2 Proportion of the assemblages variation explained by water masses using the Permutation multivariate analysis of variance (PERMANOVA)
From: Ocean-wide comparisons of mesopelagic planktonic community structures
Assemblage | DF | Sum of squares | Mean squares | F | R2 | Pr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phages | 4 | 1513.1 | 378.27 | 1.36 | 0.37 | 0.1 |
NCDLV | 8 | 3136.6 | 392.08 | 1.72 | 0.45 | 0.01 |
Prokaryotes | 8 | 13584 | 1698.02 | 2.37 | 0.53 | 0.001 |
pico-Eukaryotes | 8 | 71998 | 8999.8 | 1.54 | 0.35 | 0.001 |
