Table 1.
Results of PERMANOVA testing for differences in the associated heterotrophic bacteria abundance (as colony forming unit (CFU) counts) and the optical density due to the potential of specific microbial population to utilize different carbon sources among compartments in July (T1: July, 04, 14, 19, and 28, 2016) and February (T2: February, 02, 09, 15, and 27, 2017), n = 4.
| Source | df | MS | Pseudo-F | P(perm) | MS | Pseudo-F | P(perm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heterotrophic Abundance | Optical Density | ||||||
| C | 2 | 4.26 × 108 | 1.86 | 22.41 | 1.14 | ||
| T | 1 | 4.17 × 108 | 13.72 | 10.46 | 9.18 | ||
| CxT | 2 | 2.29 × 108 | 7.55 | *** | 19.71 | 17.29 | *** |
| Res | 12 | 3.04 × 107 | 1.14 | ||||
| Tot | 17 | ||||||
C—Compartment; T—Time; Res—residual; Tot—total; df— degrees of freedom; MS—mean squares; Pseudo-F—F critic; P(MC) —probability level after Monte Carlo simulations; ***—p < 0.001.