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Table 4 Contributions of different factors to the variation in the community structure of AOA and AOB as revealed by canonical correspondence analysis or redundancy analyses

From: The effects of climate, catchment land use and local factors on the abundance and community structure of sediment ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms in Yangtze lakes

Variables

AOA

AOB

Variance explained (%)

P value

Variance explained (%)

P value

Climate

 MAT (°C)

5.53

0.01

2.00

0.30

 MAP (mm)

7.68

0.00

1.00

0.36

Catchment land use

 Agriculture (%)

2.00

0.50

22.00

0.00

 Built-up land (%)

4.76

0.02

2.00

0.23

 Vegetation (%)

3.68

0.15

0.00

0.63

 Water bodies (%)

0.00

0.55

3.00

0.09

Water quality

 pH

3.38

0.13

1.00

0.54

 Depth (m)

3.38

0.13

2.00

0.11

 DO (mg L‒1)

3.53

0.13

3.00

0.11

 TOC (mg L‒1)

2.15

0.51

1.00

0.36

 NH4 + (mg L‒1)

7.06

0.00

1.00

0.31

 NO3 − (mg L‒1)

4.14

0.06

3.00

0.06

 TP (mg L‒1)

3.22

0.24

12.00

0.01

 Chl-a (mg m−3)

3.07

0.20

22.00

0.00

Sediment properties

 Moisture (%)

3.07

0.16

2.00

0.37

 Density (g cm−3)

1.84

0.55

1.00

0.19

 STC (mg g−1)

2.92

0.24

1.00

0.38

 STN (mg g−1)

2.30

0.38

2.00

0.15

 C/N

7.06

0.00

0.00

0.58

Vegetation characteristics

 Richness

2.46

0.40

1.00

0.44

 Biomass (g m‒2)

1.23

0.78

1.00

0.35

 PTN (mg g−1)

3.99

0.04

1.00

0.41

 PTP (mg g−1)

2.76

0.24

0.00

0.63

All variables

81.21

 

84.30

 
  1. Significance was determined by 499 permutations