Table 2.
Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) results between the algal morphotypes and spatial variation revealed no influence on the epiphytic and endophytic bacterial counts (CFU)
| Epiphytic bacteria | ||||||
| ANOVA | ||||||
| Source of Variation | SS | df | MS | F | P-value | F crit |
| Rows (morphotypes) | 1783525000 | 9 | 198169444.4 | 1.06 | 0.42 | 2.25 |
| Columns (sites) | 988675000 | 3 | 329558333.3 | 1.77 | 0.18 | 2.96 |
| Error | 5025575000 | 27 | 186132407.4 | |||
| Total | 7797775000 | 39 | ||||
| Endophytic bacteria | ||||||
| ANOVA | ||||||
| Source of Variation | SS | df | MS | F | P-value | F crit |
| Rows (morphotypes) | 538749000 | 9 | 59861000 | 0.41 | 0.92 | 2.25 |
| Columns (sites) | 112371000 | 3 | 37457000 | 0.25 | 0.86 | 2.96 |
| Error | 3980719000 | 27 | 147434037 | |||
| Total | 4631839000 | 39 | ||||