TABLE 3.

Number of OTU and coverage estimates for clone libraries constructed for mucus and tissue samples of A. millepora and M. aequituberculata and for seawater

Clone library	No. of OTU	% of coverage estimated	Shannon-Weaver index	Simpson's index
A. millepora mucus	58	33	3.8	0.02
A. millepora tissues (sample 1)	21	68	2.19	0.165
A. millepora tissues (sample 2)	23	66	2.33	0.142
M. aequituberculata mucus	51	38	3.4	0.054
M. aequituberculata tissues (sample 1)	58	34	3.79	0.022
M. aequituberculata tissues (sample 2)	52	36	3.64	0.027
Seawater	53	35	3.62	0.028