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Fig. 5

From: Changes in microbiome composition during ontogeny and dispersal of the coral boring sponge Thoosa mismalolli

Fig. 5

Boxplots representing different metrics of the microbiome of T. mismalolli found at different life-stages: (A) Abundance of phyla; (B) Abundance of OTUs; (C) Shannon alpha-diversity index. AD: adult sponges; BL: brooding larvae; LIS: early free-swimming larvae collected inshore; LO1; pelagic swimming larvae collected offshore to 1 km; LO3: and to 3 km); seawater samples collected WIS: inshore and WOS: offshore.

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