Table 1.

PERMANOVA and PERMDISP results based on DNA alone and DNA and RNA community matrices.

Dataset	Group	PERMANOVA				PERMDISP
		df	F-statistic	R2	p value	df	F-statistic	p value
DNA	Habitat	12	17.5	0.35	<0.0001	12	38.9	<0.0001
	Season	2	12.1	0.04	<0.0001	2	58.4	<0.0001
	Combined					27	20.7	<0.0001
DNA and RNA	Habitat	12	20.0	0.28	<0.0001	12	28.9	<0.0001
	Season	2	15.6	0.04	<0.0001	2	62.0	<0.0001
	Nucleic acid type	1	25.6	0.03	<0.0001	1	1.2	0.27
	Combined					49	9.6	<0.0001