Subdivision Analysis:	999 permutation	Maximum significance: 0.001

Water column samples		

Samples (n):	281	

ICoMM + California Current		

No transformation		

		

Env. Variables	ranking	significance (p)

Temperature	5	0.033

Nitrate + Nitrite	4	0.012

Sample depth	2	0.001

Water column depth	3	0.012

Salinity	1	0.001

		

		

		

OTU Analysis:	999 permutation	Maximum significance: 0.001

water column		

Samples (n):	270	

ICoMM		

Square-root transformation		

	ranking	significance (p)

Temperature	2	0.001

Nitrate + Nitrite	4	0.04

Sample depth	3	0.023

Water column depth	5	0.001

Salinity	1	0.001

		

		

		

Genus Analysis		

Subdivision 1 genera distribution	999 permutation	Maximum significance: 0.001

water column		

Samples (n):	256	

ICoMM		

No transformation		

	ranking	significance (p)

Temperature	1	0.002

Nitrate + Nitrite	5	0.228

Sample depth	3	0.057

Water column depth	2	0.001

Salinity	4	0.078

		

Subdivision 4 genera distribution	999 permutation	Maximum significance: 0.001

water column		

Samples (n):	262	

ICoMM		

No transformation		

	ranking	significance (p)

Temperature	2	0.001

Nitrate + Nitrite	4	0.009

Sample depth	5	0.038

Water column depth	3	0.001

Salinity	1	0.001