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. 2017 May 11;12(5):e0177642. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177642

Table 1. Alpha diversity of bacterial communities in juvenile green turtle cloacal samplesa,b.

Habitat Observed OTUs Equitability Shannon-Weiner Diversity
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