TABLE 1.

Diversity indices of eukaryotic and bacterial communities according to the position.

Position in the colony	Location in the thallus	Eukaryotes						Bacteria
		Species richness (S)		Shannon (H′)		Equitability (J′)		Species richness (S)		Shannon (H′)		Equitability (J′)
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Center	Apical	8.12	2.18	0.97	0.21	0.47	0.08	48.4	11.72	2.53	0.04	0.66	0.03
	Middle	17.58	2.67	2.09	0.46	0.73	0.13	99.81	19.77	3.65	0.33	0.79	0.04
	Basal	16.79	4.49	1.81	0.49	0.64	0.11	133.89	19.92	4.21	0.27	0.86	0.04
Intermediate	Apical	7.1	1.69	0.81	0.3	0.42	0.14	57.47	16.3	2.79	0.33	0.7	0.07
	Middle	15.38	6.01	1.63	0.65	0.6	0.15	86.4	9.17	3.42	0.17	0.77	0.02
	Basal	19.25	1.1	2.36	0.11	0.8	0.02	123.97	7.36	4.14	0.07	0.86	0.02
Margin	Apical	9.46	2.15	1.01	0.36	0.45	0.14	38.64	13.14	1.96	0.71	0.53	0.16
	Middle	18.64	3.31	2.07	0.27	0.71	0.05	59.11	15.73	2.92	0.53	0.72	0.09
	Basal	21.38	2.63	2.31	0.19	0.76	0.06	107.2	18.55	3.81	0.25	0.82	0.03