Table 2.
Results from individual PERMANOVA analyses on selected environmental factors, using Pearson's product-moment correlation on variance-stabilizing transformed counts.
| Factor | R2 | p |
|---|---|---|
| Temperature (Temp) | 0.71 | 0.002** |
| Magnesium (Mg2+) | 0.70 | 0.005** |
| Manganese (Mn2+) | 0.58 | 0.008** |
| Bicarbonate (HCO3−) | 0.56 | 0.005** |
| Sulphate (SO43 −) | 0.54 | 0.007** |
| Chloride (Cl−) | 0.46 | 0.023* |
| Total Dissolve Substances (TDS) | 0.44 | 0.031* |
| Dissolve Organic (DO) | 0.42 | 0.042* |
| Nitrite (NO2−) | 0.38 | 0.045* |
| Copper (Cu+) | 0.31 | 0.123 |
| Electron Conductivity (Ec) | 0.20 | 0.249 |
| Fluoride (F−) | 0.09 | 0.564 |
| Potassium (K+) | 0.06 | 0.713 |
| Sodium (Na+) | 0.04 | 0.778 |
| Ammonium (NH4+) | 0.04 | 0.786 |
| Iron (Fe2+) | 0.00 | 0.782 |
| Phosphate (PO43−) | 0.00 | 0.993 |
P values with an asterisk *are significant.