. 2017 Aug 2;5:e3645. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3645

Table 1. Proximate composition of four scleractinian species using air-spraying and in toto crushing sample preparation techniques.

Intact, samples prepared with in toto crushing method; Recombined, combined results of isolated skeleton and tissue prepared with the air-spraying method; Skeleton, denuded skeleton samples; Tissue, isolated tissue samples.

		Crush	Air-spray
Species	(mg g sample⁻¹)	Intact	Recombined	Skeleton	Tissue
A. millepora	Total sample	1,000 ± 0.00	1,000 ± 0.00	960 ± 1.80^a	40.1 ± 1.80^a
	Ash	944 ± 2.30	943 ± 2.20	923 ± 2.20^a	19.8 ± 2.20^a
	Organic	66.1 ± 2.30	57.1 ± 2.20	36.3 ± 2.20^a	21.3 ± 2.20^a
	Lipid	9.93 ± 0.64^*	6.20 ± 0.61^*	2.62 ± 0.61^a	3.58 ± 0.61^a
	Lipid (mg g AFDW⁻¹)	178 ± 10.6^*	110 ± 11.6^*	47.5 ± 11.6^a	62.5 ± 11.6^a
M. crassotuberculata	Total sample	1,000 ± 0.00	1,000 ± 0.00	967 ± 2.10^a	33.3 ± 2.10^a
	Ash	947 ± 2.30	950 ± 2.50	934 ± 2.50^a	16.2 ± 2.50^a
	Organic	53.2 ± 2.30	50.4 ± 2.20	33.9 ± 2.20^a	16.1 ± 2.20^a
	Lipid	6.42 ± 0.52^*	4.30 ± 0.50^*	1.82 ± 0.50	2.48 ± 0.50
	Lipid (mg g AFDW⁻¹)	122 ± 10.3^*	87.7 ± 9.80^*	38.1 ± 9.80	49.6 ± 9.80
P. cylindrica	Total sample	1,000 ± 0.00	1,000 ± 0.00	989 ± 0.80^a	11.2 ± 0.80^a
	Ash	949 ± 2.40	951 ± 1.80	947 ± 1.80^a	3.80 ± 1.80^a
	Organic	51.1 ± 2.30	49.4 ± 2.20	36.6 ± 1.80^a	12.4 ± 1.80^a
	Lipid	3.44 ± 0.21^*	2.5 ± 0.33^*	1.26 ± 0.33	1.24 ± 0.33
	Lipid (mg g AFDW⁻¹)	67.8 ± 5.20	51.1 ± 6.50	26.3 ± 6.50	24.8 ± 6.50
P. damicornis	Total sample	1,000 ± 0.00	1,000 ± 0.00	979 ± 0.80^a	21.1 ± 0.80^a
	Ash	954 ± 2.60	959 ± 1.30	950 ± 1.30^a	8.63 ± 1.30^a
	Organic	46.2 ± 2.30	41.1 ± 2.20	34.3 ± 1.30^a	6.72 ± 1.30^a
	Lipid	2.74 ± 0.22^*	1.8 ± 0.24^*	0.76 ± 0.24	1.04 ± 0.24
	Lipid (mg g AFDW⁻¹)	61.3 ± 4.30^*	45.1 ± 5.00^*	19.6 ± 5.00	25.5 ± 5.00

Notes.

Values are presented as means ± SEM (n = 20).

indicate significant differences between intact and recombined samples (P < 0.05).

indicate significant differences between denuded skeletons and isolated tissues (P < 0.05).