a trend towards significanceP = 0.016
Regarding the effect of time on alpha diversity across the study, only richness showed a trend towards significance ( P = 0.016, P adj =0.016, Q = 0.066), while Shannon ( P = 0.404, P adj =0.413, Q = 0.827), evenness ( P = 0.680, P adj =0.674, Q = 0.895), and Simpson index ( P = 0.874, P adj =0.895, Q = 0.895) demonstrated no significant changes.