Table 2.

Spatio-temporal analysis using Permanova. The best explanatory variables for microbial diversity are presented in italics.

	Permanova		Dispersion
	R2	p
Depth	0.109	0.001	0.364
Site	0.167	0.001	0.006
Day	0.424	0.001	0.946
Week	0.425	0.001	0.859
Month	0.215	0.001	0.321
Season	0.105	0.001	0.356
Years	0.017	0.059	0.101