Table 1.
Two-way ANOVA tests examining the effects of the factors time, diversity treatment, and their interaction on species richness
| B Gradient | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source of variation | df | MS | F | P |
| OTU richness | ||||
| Time | 1 | 21,054 | 6.987 | 0.0214 |
| Diversity Treatment | 2 | 156,467 | 51.927 | <0.0001 |
| Day × Diversity Treatment | 2 | 9517 | 3.159 | 0.0791 |
| Error | 12 | 3013 | ||
| W Gradient | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source of variation | df | MS | F | P |
| OTU richness | ||||
| Time | 1 | 41,530 | 21.618 | <0.001 |
| Diversity Treatment | 2 | 139,602 | 72.669 | <0.0001 |
| Day × Diversity Treatment | 2 | 1206 | 0.628 | 0.55039 |
| Error | 12 | 1921 | ||