Table 2.
Transect results: Number of individuals and species of photosynthetic sponges at different sampling sites.
| Transect label | Light level | Individuals | Species | ||||||
| total | P | L-M | N | total | P | L-M | N | ||
| WP1 | High Light | 31 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| WP2 | High Light | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| SM1 | Low | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| SM2 | Full Sun | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Mn | Medium | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| EB | Full Sun | 26 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| BJ | Medium | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals: | 142 (100%) |
89 (63%) |
16 (11%) |
37 (26%) |
69 | 34 | 10 | 25 | |
| Number of different species: | 63 (100%) | 30 (48%) | 10 (16%) | 23 (36%) | |||||
P: high levels of autofluorescence, L-M: low to medium levels of autofluorescence, N: no autofluorescence.