Table 1.

Alpha diversity metrics of gut microbial communities in sea bream fed with three experimental diets

Items	Ctrl	DIETS	AY
		FPH
Reads	52,248 ± 14,709	49,553 ± 17,950	53,334 ± 15,413
Observed OTUs	53.0 ± 4.2	47.4 ± 8.8	49.0 ± 6.1
Good’s coverage	0.99 ± 0.00	0.99 ± 0.00	0.99 ± 0.00
PD whole tree	6.1 ± 0.4ab	5.4 ± 1.0b	6.5 ± 0.9a
Chao1	56.2 ± 4.9	49.6 ± 9.4	52.5 ± 7.9
Shannon	1.8 ± 0.2a	1.7 ± 0.1ab	1.6 ± 0.2b
Simpson	0.5 ± 0.1	0.5 ± 0.0	0.5 ± 0.1

All data are reported as mean values (n = 15) ± SD. Different superscript letters on the same row indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).