Table 2.
Spearman’s Rank R values of correlations between water column physicochemical parameters and bacterial communities in oyster EF and the water column.
| Bacterial Abundance | Chao1 | Shannon Index | UniFrac Distance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oyster (+ Lag) | Water (+ Lag) | Oyster (+ Lag) | Water (+ Lag) | Oyster (+ Lag) | Water (+ Lag) | Oyster (+ Lag) | Water (+ Lag) | |
| Temperature (°C) | 0.60 (0.83*) | 0.72* (0.53) | 0.42 (0.45) | 0.38 (0.48) | 0.20 (0.47) | −0.22 (−0.37) | 0.15 (0.43) | −0.18 (0.10) |
| Salinity (ppt) | 0.45 (−0.22) | −0.39 (−0.50) | −0.26 (−0.37) | −0.72* (−0.32) | −0.21 (−0.13) | −0.78* (0.12) | 0.61 (0.35) | 0.19 (0.12) |
| pH (total) | −0.69* (−0.32) | 0.08 (−0.33) | −0.18 (−0.15) | 0.28 (−0.21) | 0.18 (−0.23) | 0.69* (0.00) | −0.01 (−0.54) | 0.10 (0.27) |
| Specific Conductivity (mS/cm) | 0.45 (−0.22) | −0.39 (−0.50) | −0.26 (−0.37) | −0.72* (−0.32) | −0.21 (−0.13) | −0.78* (0.12) | 0.61 (0.35) | 0.19 (0.12) |
| Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L) | −0.64* (−0.77*) | −0.67* (−0.57) | −0.37 (−0.53) | −0.37 (−0.57) | −0.18 (−0.55) | 0.21 (0.27) | −0.19 (−0.37) | 0.22 (−0.22) |
| Chlorophyll (μg/L) | 0.05 (0.50) | 0.70* (0.48) | 0.27 (0.68*) | 0.79* (0.70*) | 0.31 (0.58) | 0.43 (−0.13) | −0.02 (−0.17) | −0.42 (0.27) |
*
Denotes significant (p < 0.05) correlation