TABLE 2 .
Significant shifts in bacterial assemblage composition due to IDM presence when feeding rates were high
| Date | Shift in assemblage composition fora: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cs vs Ms | Ce vs Cs | Me vs Ms | Me vs Ce | Me vs Cs + Ce + Ms | |
| July 2013 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.001 |
| August 2014 | 0.88 | 0.28 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.003 |
| December 2014 | 0.39 | 0.51 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.15 |
a
Shown are P values of pairwise AMOVA comparisons to test for significant differences (highlighted in boldface) in bacterial assemblage composition. C, control; M, IDM added. The subscripts “s” and “e” refer to the start (Cs and Ms) and end (Ce and Me) of the experiment.