Table 2. Physico-chemical parameters of water and diversity indices of fungal communities associated with the Antarctic macroalgae.

Parameters/diversity indices	Phyla of macroalgae host species
	Phaeophyta				Chlorophyta			Rhodophyta
	Adenocystis utricularis	Adenocystis sp.	Desmarestia menziesii	Phaeurus antarcticus	Acrosiphonia arcta	Monostroma hariotii	Ulva intestinalis	Palmaria decipiens
Temperature (°C)	3.7	3.7	0.5	2.1	0.5	3.7	2.1	2.1
Conductivity (mS cm−1)	49.89	49.89	27.23	50.6	27.23	49.89	50.6	50.6
Salinity (p.p.t.)	32.1	32.1	32.8	33.0	32.8	32.1	33.0	33.0
pH	7.49	7.49	7.74	7.74	7.74	7.49	7.74	7.74
Optical Density (mg l−1)	79.9	79.9	100	34.6	100	79.9	34.6	34.6
Number of fungal taxa	2	5	2	7	10	8	10	9
Fisher's α	0 (0—0.8)a	7.8 (0.93—7.82)	0 (0—0.8)	3 (0.86—3.1)	4.77 (1.61—4.0)	3.7 (1.27—3.74)	8.54 (2.21—8.54)	4.47 (1.74—4.47)
Margalef's	1.44 (0—1.44)	2 (0.5—2.1)	1.44 (0—1.44)	1.82 (0.6—1.82)	2.55 (1.13—2.26)	2.1 (0.9—2.1)	0.03 (1.35—3.05)	2.3 (1.18—2.37)
Simpson's	0.5 (0—0.5)	0.73 (0.2—0.77)	0.5 (0—0.5)	0.66 (0.5—0.75)	0.64 (0.46—0.75)	0.72 (0.55—0.8)	0.83 (0.65—0.86)	0.7 (0.6—0.82)

^aThe numbers in parentheses represent the lower and upper diversity values, respectively, with 95% of confidence and bootstrap values calculated from 1000 iterations.