Table 1.
Results of PERMANOVA testing for the effects of location and habitat on the biochemical composition of sedimentary OM, phytopigment, protein, carbohydrate and lipid contents.
| Source | df | OM composition | Phytopigments | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Lipids | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS | Pseudo-F | P | MS | Pseudo-F | P | MS | Pseudo-F | P | MS | Pseudo-F | P | MS | Pseudo-F | P | ||
| Lo | 4 | 4.01 | 2.20 | 0.24 | 0.33 | 0.99 | 3.60 | 1.76 | 9.40 | 1.02 | 1.61 | |||||
| Ha | 1 | 43.67 | 8.77 | 11.02 | 17.55 | * | 14.46 | 11.33 | 14.93 | 18.27 | 3.26 | 1.44 | ||||
| Lo x Ha | 4 | 4.98 | 2.74 | ** | 0.63 | 0.87 | 1.28 | 4.65 | * | 0.82 | 4.36 | * | 2.26 | 3.58 | * | |
| Residual | 20 | 1.82 | 0.73 | 0.27 | 0.19 | 0.63 | ||||||||||
df = degree of freedom; MS = mean squares; Pseudo-F = F critic; P (perm) = permutational level of probability. * = P < 0.05; ** = P < 0.01.