Table 2. Alpha diversity estimates.

OTUs diversity indices (mean ± standard deviation) from the T-RFLPs data of the four quadrats (A: 3 samples; B: 3 samples; C: 7 samples; D: 8 samples).

Quadrat	Richness (S)	Shannon (H)*	Simpson (1/D)*	Berger–Parker*
A	48 ± 9	3.31 ± 0.08a	0.944 ± 0.004a	0.153 ± 0.004b
B	36 ± 15	1.98 ± 0.62b	0.704 ± 0.145b	0.497 ± 0.144a
C	45 ± 13	2.56 ± 0.44ab	0.8 ± 0.105ab	0.393 ± 0.138a
D	47 ± 19	2.3 ± 0.77ab	0.738 ± 0.189b	0.426 ± 0.203a

Notes.

^*Significant difference among quadrats (p < 0.05).

Different letters indicate that means are significantly different among quadrats.