Table 3.

Alpha diversity of bacterial communities in the anterior (A) and posterior (P) intestinal tract regions of juvenile Solea senegalensis specimens fed control (Control) and Ulva ohnoi (5%) supplemented (Ulva) diets for 45 days.

Diet	OTU	Chao1	Shannon	Simpson	Good’s coverage (%)
Control A	205.67 ± 48.42	230.53 ± 58.50	1.01 ± 0.15∗= 1	0.69 ± 0.07∗= 1	99.7 ± 0.1
Ulva A	201.50 ± 47.48	229.40 ± 41.30	1.60 ± 0.54∗	0.48 ± 0.19∗	99.7 ± 0.1
Control P	213.33 ± 53.63	227.42 ± 62.71	1.72 ± 0.40= 1	0.39 ± 0.14= 1	99.7 ± 0.2
Ulva P	271.33 ± 88.41	280.67 ± 81.98	2.23 ± 0.62	0.30 ± 0.14	99.8 ± 0.1

Values are average ± SD. ^∗Significant differences between the experimental diets for the same gastrointestinal region; = 1significant differences between GI sections in fish fed the same diet, p < 0.05.