Table 1.

Effects of storage variables (buffer, day) and their interaction on beta diversity patterns within each frozen storage temperature and extraction type

	DNA				cDNA
	-20		-80 °C		-20 °C		-80 °C
	WU	UWU	WU	UWU	WU	UWU	WU	UWU
Buffer	0.002	0.092	0.003	0.009	0.001	0.002	0.008	0.296
Day	0.003	0.008	0.015	0.007	0.007	0.005	0.004	0.007
Buffer*Day	0.724	0.786	0.502	0.768	0.846	0.732	0.735	0.721

WU = weighted UniFrac distance, UWU = unweighted UniFrac distance,