Table 1.
One-way ANOVA on the differences between the means of community characteristics of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria determined for summer and winter months, respectively. The difference is significant when F measured < F critical and F critical = 4.8443357. Significant differences are shown in bold. Individual data have been presented by Vissers et al. (in press).
| Parameter | Water depth | F measured | P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | 5.048039 | 0.04615 | |
| Log archaeal 16S | −42 m | 0.118078 | 0.73761 |
| Above sediment | 0.708741 | 0.41779 | |
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| Surface | 7.093356 | 0.02205 | |
| Log archaeal amoA | −42 m | 0.061664 | 0.82351 |
| Above sediment | 0.052174 | 0.41779 | |
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| Surface | 0.020078 | 0.88988 | |
| Log bacterial amoA | −42 m | 1.228674 | 0.29131 |
| Above sediment | 0.622908 | 0.44665 | |
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| Surface | 2.678394 | 0.12998 | |
| Number of archaeal 16S rRNA DGGE bands | −42 m | 0.206905 | 0.65805 |
| Above sediment | 0.151504 | 0.70453 | |
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| Surface | 29.27228 | 0.00021 | |
| Number of archaeal amoA DGGE bands | −42 m | 2.873572 | 0.11813 |
| Above sediment | 2.925275 | 0.11522 | |