TABLE 3.

PERMDISP test for homogeneity results using unweighted UniFrac.

Parameter	Df	Sum of squares	Mean squares	F-value	P-value
Sampling location (Transect and section)	10	0.052559	0.0052559	5.1932	<0.0001∗∗∗
pHCaCl2${}^{†}$	3	0.0405	0.0135	6.3757	0.0009∗∗∗
MED${}^{†}$	3	0.1381	0.0138	7.6943	0.0002∗∗∗
EC${}^{†}$	7	0.0680	0.0097	4.4453	0.0007∗∗∗
Clay	19	0.0685	0.0036	4.5889	<0.0001∗∗∗
Silt	19	0.0685	0.0036	4.5889	<0.0001∗∗∗
Sand	18	0.1329	0.0738	3.9581	0.0002∗∗∗

^†ranked data; significance levels: ^∗∗∗P < 0.001, ^∗∗P < 0.01, ^*P < 0.05.