TABLE 3.

Correlation of bacterial richness with functional groups of algae selected according to the results of model selection by AIC; Signif. codes: **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.

	Df	Sum squares	F-value	P-value
No mucilage	1	5,934,091	13.352	0.00114	**
Nanosize	1	14,380	0.032	0.85864
Microsize	1	2,807,452	6.317	0.01849	*
Residuals	26	11,554,980