Table 1. Alpha diversity of bacterial communities in juvenile green turtle cloacal samplesa,b.
Habitat | Observed OTUs | Equitability | Shannon-Weiner Diversity |
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Pelagic | 375.2 ± 33.8 | 0.600 ± 0.065 | 5.13 ± 0.60 |
Beachfront | 394.8 ± 57.0 | 0.572 ± 0.046 | 4.92 ± 0.45 |
Bay | 377.0 ± 112.5 | 0.580 ± 0.104 | 4.94 ± 0.97 |
aError is represented by ± 1 SD
bNo significant differences (p > 0.05) were detected among the alpha diversity metrics