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Table 3 Comparison of community structure among vegetation types classified with snow cover duration (week)

From: Assembly processes of moss and lichen community with snow melting at the coastal region of the Barton Peninsula, maritime Antarctic

Properties

Snow cover duration (week)

F ratio

P

0

2

4

5

6

Number of samples (n)

12

9

7

5

21

  

Total height (cm)

7.9 ± 4.3 a

0.7 ± 0.2 ab

0.5 ± 0.0 ab

0.5 ± 0.0 ab

0.0 ± 0.0 b

2.746

0.039

Total coverage (%)

83.3 ± 2.7 a

34.8 ± 9.6 b

34.3 ± 5.9 b

24.0 ± 11.0 b

0.0 ± 0.0 c

56.828

0.000

Lichen height (cm)

4.0 ± 0.5 a

0.8 ± 0.2 b

0.6 ± 0.1 b

0.5 ± 0.0 b

0.0 ± 0.0 b

46.837

0.000

Lichen coverage (%)

64.3 ± 6.7 a

34.0 ± 7.9 b

31.9 ± 6.0 b

24.0 ± 11.0 bc

0.0 ± 0.0 c

27.639

0.000

Moss height (cm)

0.7 ± 0.2 a

0.7 ± 0.1 a

0.5 ± 0.0 a

0.4 ± 0.2 ab

0.0 ± 0.0 b

8.637

0.000

Moss coverage (%)

15.9 ± 6.4 a

4.6 ± 2.2 ab

4.0 ± 2.7 ab

0.6 ± 0.2 ab

0.0 ± 0.0 b

4.119

0.005

Snow algae coverage (%)

0.0 ± 0.0 a

0.0 ± 0.0 a

0.0 ± 0.0 a

10.0 ± 10.0 a

99.3 ± 0.7 b

681.016

0.000

  1. According to Tukey’s test, columns are statistically different where they do not share any letter (P < 0.05)