FIGURE 4.

Bacterial diversity of ASVs associated with Pocillopora acuta in the mangrove lagoons and the reef environments prior to transplantation of corals (t₀), based on (A) Chao1 and (B) Shannon’s diversity index. Box plots represent 25th–75th percentile range, lines show medians, error bars represent IQR and + represent the mean, n = 10 coral colonies. (C) Bacterial community structure at the ASV level within the coral Pocillopora acuta between mangrove lagoon (n = 10) and reef environments (n = 10) at t₀. Plot is based on non-metric multidimensional scaling (nMDS) of Bray-Curtis distances with corals prior to transplantation. Ellipses denote 95% confidence intervals. 2D stress: 0.10.