Table 3. Association between microbiome and lumped water chemistry variables.
Unweighted UniFrac | Weighted UniFrac | |
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“BEST” combination | pH, Mg | Total chlorine, pH, P, SO4 2-, Mg |
Rho statistic | 0.741 | 0.501 |
BEST analysis was conducted using Primer 6. Rho statistic represents “association strength”, ranging from 0 to 1 with rho>0.5 to be generally considered a strong association. Permutation = 99.