TABLE 1.

Alpha diversity metrics for prokaryotic communities in Cliona patera and ambient seawater.

Group	Richness (Sobs)	Richness (Chao)	Evenness (Shannon)	Diversity (inv. Simpson)
Inner	3897.25 ± 1177.21a	7999.51 ± 3473.79	0.65 ± 0.02ac	26.43 ± 4.60a
Outer	3560.13 ± 586.83b	7318.48 ± 1986.14	0.65 ± 0.02bc	27.61 ± 5.74b
Stem	3964.63 ± 383.50c	7676.98 ± 1370.09	0.68 ± 0.02c	39.96 ± 13.58ab
Seawater	2410.80 ± 343.93abc	5096.26 ± 692.7	0.60 ± 0.01abc	32.29 ± 2.26

Different letters represent significant pairwise comparisons, where groups with the same letters indicated significant difference between them.