Table 5.
Results for the ANOSIM applied on the normalized and resembled (Euclidean distances) data for each sub-area.
| Prokaryotic Activity | Physical-Chemical Characteristics | Prokariotic Abund. and Biom. | OM | OM Ratios | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Statistic | Sign. % | R Statistic | Sign. % | R Statistic | Sign. % | R Statistic | Sign. % | R Statistic | Sign. % | |||
| global test | 0.24 | 0.1 | 0.17 | 0.1 | 0.34 | 0.1 | 0.13 | 0.4 | 0.21 | 0.1 | ||
| TNB-W | TNB-mid | 0.23 | 0.5 | 0.00 | 37.3 | 0.05 | 14.5 | −0.05 | 90.3 | −0.05 | 83.6 | |
| TNB-E | 0.09 | 14.9 | 0.05 | 23 | 0.10 | 10.7 | −0.02 | 56.8 | 0.03 | 31.6 | ||
| RS-S | 0.40 | 0.1 | 0.00 | 40.5 | 0.15 | 0.9 | 0.20 | 1.00 | 0.22 | 0.3 | ||
| RS-N | 0.09 | 3.4 | 0.30 | 0.1 | 0.54 | 0.1 | 0.18 | 0.50 | 0.27 | 0.1 | ||
| TNB-mid | TNB-E | 0.05 | 19.7 | 0.00 | 33.1 | −0.06 | 69 | −0.06 | 80.9 | 0.19 | 3.0 | |
| RS-S | 0.80 | 0.1 | 0.15 | 4.8 | 0.20 | 0.7 | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.3 | ||
| RS-N | 0.19 | 1.4 | 0.25 | 0.4 | 0.54 | 0.1 | 0.22 | 0.60 | 0.26 | 0.2 | ||
| TNB-E | RS-S | 0.63 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 1.8 | 0.15 | 6.6 | 0.39 | 0.20 | 0.26 | 1.2 | |
| RS-N | 0.05 | 26.3 | 0.25 | 1.9 | 0.54 | 0.1 | 0.20 | 1.90 | 0.41 | 0.1 | ||
| RS-S | RS-N | 0.19 | 0.9 | 0.28 | 0.1 | 0.44 | 0.1 | 0.06 | 16 | 0.16 | 2.0 | |