TABLE 1.
Seawater and coral mucus cell data from all sitesa
| Site | Bacterial abundance (105 cells ml−1) |
Zooxanthella abundance in mucus (105 cells ml−1) | Bacterial FDC (% of DAPI count) |
Avg cell length of bacteria (μm) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mucus | Seawater | Mucus | Seawater | Mucus | Seawater | ||
| Lanai | 13.6 ± 0.2 | 3.3 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.2 | 3 | 7 | 0.36 ± 0.01 | 0.78 ± 0.04 |
| Oluwalu | 5.3 ± 0.1 | 1.9 ± 0.1 | 3.4 ± 0.3 | 4 | 11 | 0.44 ± 0.02 | 0.86 ± 0.03 |
| North far | 15.3 ± 0.3 | 2.6 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 7 | 6 | 0.49 ± 0.02 | 0.62 ± 0.02 |
| North near | 13.8 ± 0.3 | 4.1 ± 0.2 | 1.4 ± 0.1 | 5 | 12 | 0.52 ± 0.02 | 0.73 ± 0.03 |
| North seep | NA | 3.4 ± 0.3 | NA | NA | 12 | NA | 0.67 ± 0.02 |
| South far | 12.8 ± 0.2 | 3.0 ± 0.1 | 2.3 ± 0.2 | 6 | 9 | 0.54 ± 0.02 | 0.76 ± 0.03 |
| South near | 17.9 ± 0.2 | 3.6 ± 0.1 | 1.8 ± 0.2 | 5 | 11 | 0.58 ± 0.02 | 0.75 ± 0.03 |
| South seep | NA | 3.8 ± 0.1 | NA | NA | 11 | NA | 0.69 ± 0.02 |
a
NA, not applicable.