Table 1. LIBSHUFF analysis of variability in CCA clone library community composition.
Library comparison | Significance | Notes |
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Time 2 days | ||
27 °C vs ALL 2 days | P<0.002 | T 2 days 29 °C subset of T 2 days 27 °C (P>0.01) |
29 °C vs 31 °C | P=0.002 | |
32 °C vs ALL 2 days | P<0.0002 | |
Time 7 days | ||
27 °C vs ALL 7 days | P<0.001 | T 7 days 29 °C subset of T 7 days 27 °C (P>0.01) |
32 °C vs ALL 7 days | P=0.0001 | |
Between time | ||
7 days 27 °C vs ALL 2 days | P=0.0001 | |
7 days 29 °C vs 2 days 32 °C | P=0.0001 | |
7 days 31 °C vs 2 days 29 °C | P<0.001 | |
7 days 31 °C vs 2 days 32 °C | P=0.0001 | T 2 days 32 °C subset of T 7 days 31 °C (P>0.01) |
7 days 32 °C vs ALL 2 days | P=0.0001 |
Abbreviations: ALL, all other treatments; CCA, crustose coralline algae; T, time.
Only statistically significant comparisons are shown.
**No significant differences were detected between any of the four sediment libraries.