Table 1. Numbers of sequences and OTUs (97%) and diversity estimates of Porites lutea coral-associated bacteria. M represents mucus; T represents tissue; S represents skeleton; SW represents seawater.

Index	Feb-M	Feb-S	Feb-SW	May-M	May-T	May-S	May-SW	Aug-M	Aug-T	Aug -S	Aug -SW	Nov-M	Nov-T	Nov-S	Nov-SW
No. of Seq.	6,359	14,774	21,368	10,330	7,042	8,279	8,957	8,463	10,823	9,896	9,629	12,235	13,733	15,418	7,046
Good's coverage	0.81	0.92	0.96	0.99	0.93	0.88	0.97	0.95	0.98	0.99	0.97	0.89	0.93	0.97	0.95
OTUs	1823	2265	1226	114	792	1571	547	617	353	197	570	2002	1397	875	569
invsimpson	33.18	64.55	13.63	1.16	22.28	14.16	9.85	5.20	2.89	3.48	5.46	52.41	11.75	7.21	8.71
Chao	4781.26	4066.54	3551.50	321.77	1786.17	3699.46	1204.94	1682.68	842.73	682.65	1340.80	4907.46	3558.44	1542.52	1538.85
ace	8672.32	5526.81	5652.58	539.77	2936.58	5912.46	1738.26	3295.64	1568.87	1020.61	1982.04	9312.61	6023.57	2053.99	3095.73
Shannon	5.79	5.70	3.85	0.44	4.24	5.00	3.54	2.99	1.93	1.92	3.04	5.32	4.04	3.29	3.47