Table 2.

Differences in mean number of bony fish MOTUs per sample identified at different taxonomic levels in Crangon crangon pooled stomach samples amplified with 12S and COI primer pairs. Higher taxonomic ranks include MOTUs identified at the lower levels

	Mean ± SE number of MOTU per sample		Wilcoxon signed rank test
	COI stomach	12S stomach	N	V	p
All MOTUs	2.2 ± 0.6	6.6 ± 0.6	21	8.0	<0.001*
Family level	2.2 ± 0.6	5.8 ± 0.6	21	13.5	0.001*
Genus level	2.2 ± 0.6	4.9 ± 0.5	21	22.5	0.004*
Species level	2.0 ± 0.5	3.0 ± 0.4	21	76.5	0.177

Asterisks refer to significant comparisons.