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Table 3 DistLM results correlating nutrient flux (NH4, NOx, and PO4 specific filtration rates, μmol/s/L sponge) and microbial community structure in sponges from Belize, showing analysis for all species, by category (HMA/LMA) and for all pairwise species comparisons

From: Testing the relationship between microbiome composition and flux of carbon and nutrients in Caribbean coral reef sponges

Dataset

P value

R 2

NH4

NOx

PO4

NH4

NOx

PO4

All species

0.002*

0.790

0.153

0.155

0.020

0.043

All LMA species

0.073

0.897

0.178

0.100

0.035

0.084

All HMA species

0.549

0.609

0.933

0.080

0.074

0.037

Pairwise LMA comparisons

 M. laxissima–N. digitalis

0.022*

0.718

0.657

0.274

0.104

0.111

 M. laxissima–C. plicifera

0.032*

0.515

0.095

0.457

0.124

0.315

 M. laxissima–C. vaginalis

0.040*

0.843

0.696

0.287

0.074

0.081

 N. digitalis–C. plicifera

0.163

0.981

0.024*

0.189

0.041

0.201

 N. digitalis–C. vaginalis

0.038*

0.535

0.103

0.261

0.108

0.145

 C. plicifera–C. vaginalis

0.055

0.278

0.077

0.238

0.123

0.223

Pairwise HMA comparisons

 A. tubulata–V. gigantea

0.036*

0.026*

0.043*

0.585

0.582

0.575

 A. tubulata–V. reiswigi

0.782

0.656

0.239

0.092

0.150

0.282

 A. tubulata–X. muta

0.871

0.440

0.895

0.050

0.099

0.042

 V. gigantea–V. reiswigi

0.147

0.360

0.655

0.590

0.582

0.475

 V. gigantea–X. muta

0.010*

0.125

0.581

0.386

0.399

0.158

 V. reiswigi–X. muta

0.959

0.226

0.779

0.091

0.185

0.103

Pairwise LMA-HMA comparisons

 C. plicifera–A. tubulata

0.014*

0.480

0.046*

0.573

0.125

0.387

 C. plicifera–V. gigantea

0.123

0.577

0.639

0.479

0.117

0.117

 C. plicifera–V. reiswigi

0.040*

0.471

0.217

0.522

0.122

0.278

 C. plicifera–X. muta

0.005*

0.404

0.066

0.624

0.116

0.378

 M. laxissima–A. tubulata

0.052

0.150

0.397

0.451

0.283

0.123

 M. laxissima–V. gigantea

0.227

0.126

0.199

0.675

0.677

0.674

 M. laxissima–V. reiswigi

0.218

0.117

0.201

0.675

0.677

0.674

 M. laxissima–X. muta

0.416

0.115

0.941

0.155

0.314

0.021

 N. digitalis–A. tubulata

0.046*

0.895

0.500

0.352

0.098

0.123

 N. digitalis–V. gigantea

0.002*

0.936

0.507

0.289

0.106

0.125

 N. digitalis–V. reiswigi

0.149

0.849

0.562

0.299

0.095

0.116

 N. digitalis–X. muta

0.001*

0.777

0.229

0.389

0.087

0.130

 C. vaginalis–A. tubulata

0.028*

0.259

0.644

0.360

0.151

0.069

 C. vaginalis–V. gigantea

0.108

0.077

0.359

0.347

0.572

0.230

 C. vaginalis–V. reiswigi

0.127

0.656

0.675

0.302

0.087

0.084

 C. vaginalis–X. muta

0.004*

0.112

0.785

0.407

0.234

0.041

  1. Asterisks (*) indicate significant P-values
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