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. 2017 Sep 6;5:e3732. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3732

Figure 3. Larval settlement in response to assemblages associated with CCA fragments for the coral A. millepora.

Figure 3

Settlement response trials in: (A) 2011, which tested assemblages associated with eight phenotypically distinct CCA fragments (1–8), and three CCA preparation treatments: pooled assemblages from all 8 fragments that were either unwashed (“U”, unwashed), washed five times with fresh seawater (“W”, washed), or washed and autoclaved (“A”, autoclaved); and (B) 2012, which tested assemblages associated with six phenotypically distinct CCA fragments (9–14), and a CCA preparation treatment involving ethanol precipitation of pooled samples to control for cue dosage. Error bars show standard error; Greek symbols indicate homogenous post hoc groupings after multiple test correction (Tukey’s HSD P < 0.05) (n = 6 replicates per treatment; 20 larvae per replicate). Relative proportions of mapped reads belonging to various taxonomic Orders within the Phylum Rhodophyta (pink, red, green, yellow) and non-Rhodophyta taxa associated with CCA fragments tested in (C) 2011, and (D) 2012.