TABLE 2.

Numbers of classes, richnesses, and Shannon-Weaver indices determined^a

Mat	Morphotypes			16S rRNA genes		Carotenoids
	SM	H′M	H′V	SR	H′R	DC	SC	H′C
P2	10.67 ± 0.33	1.45 ± 0.09	1.82 ± 0.12	11.33 ± 0.66	1.38 ± 0.08	20.67 ± 0.66	22.67 ± 0.66	2.28 ± 0.03
P3/4	7.33 ± 0.33	0.98 ± 0.09	1.42 ± 0.17	4.00 ± 0.00	0.35 ± 0.02	9.33 ± 0.88	9.33 ± 0.88	1.62 ± 0.03
P4	10.33 ± 0.88	1.10 ± 0.14	1.07 ± 0.17	10.00 ± 0.00	1.75 ± 0.02	22.00 ± 1.15	24.00 ± 1.16	2.28 ± 0.02
P5	7.00 ± 0.58	1.02 ± 0.12	1.31 ± 0.03	6.67 ± 0.33	1.31 ± 0.09	17.00 ± 0.58	18.00 ± 0.58	1.97 ± 0.02
P6	9.67 ± 0.33	1.39 ± 0.05	1.72 ± 0.10	10.00 ± 0.00	1.90 ± 0.02	14.67 ± 0.33	15.67 ± 0.33	2.20 ± 0.03
NC2	12.00 ± 0.58	1.41 ± 0.21	1.68 ± 0.08	12.00 ± 0.00	2.09 ± 0.01	22.00 ± 1.00	24.00 ± 1.00	2.44 ± 0.02
NC52	12.00 ± 0.58	1.18 ± 0.13	1.65 ± 0.06	12.33 ± 0.33	1.74 ± 0.05	13.67 ± 0.66	14.00 ± 1.00	1.90 ± 0.03
NC3	12.67 ± 0.33	1.67 ± 0.04	1.29 ± 0.03	16.00 ± 1.00	2.08 ± 0.11	24.00 ± 1.00	26.67 ± 1.34	2.53 ± 0.02

^aD, number of classes detected; S, richness; H′, Shannon-Weaver index. The subscripts refer to the respective analyses of morphotypes (M), volumes of morphotypes (V), 16S rRNA genes (R), and carotenoids (C). The means and standard errors from triplicate analyses are shown.