Distinct Habitats Select Particular Bacterial Communities in Mangrove Sediments

Table 1

Environmental variables of sites S1, S2, and S3 from Barra Grande mangrove soils, state of Ceará, Northeastern Brazil.

Variable	S1	S2	S3
Temperature	31.18 0.4	31.01 0.6	34.6 0.3
pH	9.24 0.25	10.45 0.2	8.8 0.15
Salinity	53.7 0.5	46.5 0.3	46 0.4
Sand (%)	92.0 0.2	93.0 0.15	67.3 0.2
Silt + clay (%)	8.0 0.2	7.0 0.15	32.7 0.2
Organic matter (%)	2.4 0.34	2.7 0.25	8.4 0.6