Table 3.

Pairwise statistical comparisons of microbiome similarity based on OTU-dependent (Bray Curtis) and OTU-independent (UniFrac) metrics of relative abundance (Rel. Abund., Weighted) and presence-absence (Presence-Abs., Unweighted) data.

Pairwise comparison	Bray–Curtis similarity				UniFrac distance
	Rel. Abund		Presence-Abs		Weighted		Unweighted
	t	P	t	P	t	P	t	P
K. sima versus K. breviceps
Both life history stages	2.245	< 0.001*	1.532	< 0.001*	2.727	< 0.001*	1.278	0.002*
Adults	1.999	0.001*	1.279	0.002*	2.581	0.002*	1.157	0.001*
Juveniles	1.654	0.003*	1.409	0.002*	1.723	0.007*	1.178	< 0.001*
Adults versus Juveniles
Both host species	1.886	< 0.001*	1.832	< 0.001*	1.456	0.035*	1.439	< 0.001*
K. breviceps	1.730	< 0.001*	1.710	< 0.001*	1.202	0.151	1.352	0.001*
K. sima	1.295	0.032*	1.380	0.014*	1.053	0.341	1.175	0.007*

Asterisks (*) indicate significant differences.