TABLE 1.

Diversity metrics for microbial communities associated with intertidal and subtidal H. heliophila, sediment, and seawater^a

Source	Sb	H′c	Dd
H. heliophila
Intertidal	466 ± 35*	3.51 ± 0.11*	11.36 ± 1.07†
Subtidal	600 ± 24†	4.06 ± 0.09†	17.63 ± 1.68†
Seawater	619 ± 22†*	4.44 ± 0.05†	24.42 ± 1.07†
Sediment	1,334 ± 74‡	6.54 ± 0.06‡	293.37 ± 20.49‡

^aValues are means ± 1 standard error, and different symbols represent significant pairwise differences between the values (Tukey's HSD test).

^bS, OTU richness.

^cH′, Shannon-Weaver diversity index.

^dD, inverse Simpson index.