TABLE 1.

Correlation analysis for the Indian Ocean water column samples (n = 14)

Variable	Pearson test result (r/P value)
	pol		ITS
	Chao index	Shannon index	Chao index	Shannon index
ITS
Chao index	0.529/0.052
Shannon index		0.382/0.177
Abundance
Prochlorococcus	−0.022/0.940	0.070/0.812	−0.377/0.184	−0.566/0.035
Synechococcus	−0.041/0.888	0.015/0.958	−0.409/0.146	−0.558/0.038
Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus	−0.033/0.912	0.059/0.842	−0.383/0.177	−0.571/0.033