TABLE 2.

Comparison of distance matrices of bacterial community composition, microbial biomass, and hydrodynamics during the winter and summer experiments

Season and day of growth	Partial Spearman's correlation coefficient betweena:
	Hydrodynamics and community composition	Hydrodynamics and biomass	Biomass and community composition
Winter
4	0.303*	0.274**	0.044
8	0.073	0.230*	0.145
12	0.272*	0.222*	−0.133
16	0.470**	0.313**	−0.019
20	0.378**	0.094	−0.012
24	0.196*	0.261*	0.127
28	0.107	0.212	0.361**
32	0.133	0.415**	−0.132
36	0.430**	0.263**	0.053
40	0.202	0.299**	0.250**
Summer
11	0.2381*	0.3183**	−0.020
17	0.4119**	0.3439**	0.129
37	0.3319**	−0.150	−0.041
48	0.2139*	0.5829**	−0.076
55	−0.011	0.032	0.028

^aThe partial Mantel's randomization test was used for analyses. Values indicate partial Spearman's correlation coefficients between two matrices while correcting for the effect of the third matrix. Boldface indicates statistical significance at a P value of <0.05 (*) or <0.01 (**).