TABLE 2.

Pairwise statistical comparisons of H. heliophila, seawater, and sediment microbial community structure (PERMANOVA) and dispersion (PERMDISP)^a

Pairwise comparison	PERMANOVA		PERMDISP
	t	P	t	P
Intertidal-subtidal H. heliophila	2.05	0.005a	2.17	0.120
Intertidal H. heliophila-sediment	4.39	0.016a	8.77	0.012a
Intertidal H. heliophila-seawater	6.15	0.010a	3.51	0.047
Subtidal H. heliophila-sediment	3.73	0.010a	2.14	0.233
Subtidal H. heliophila-seawater	4.36	0.017a	3.12	0.067
Sediment-seawater	3.34	0.094	35.48	0.101

^aSignificant difference revealed by pairwise comparisons following B-Y correction.