Fig. 4: Coral and seawater microbiomes at each study site. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 4: Coral and seawater microbiomes at each study site.

From: Heterotrophy, microbiome, and location effects on restoration efficacy of the threatened coral Acropora palmata

Fig. 4

a Non-multi-dimensional scaling plot (NMDS) showing the similarity between bacterial community compositions for Acropora palmata (circles) and seawater (triangles) from Pulaski West (dark blue), Pulaski Light (light blue), Sombrero Reef (magenta), Crocker Reef (orange), and Fowey Rocks (yellow). Bacterial communities are described based on the 16 S rRNA gene. b Average (±1 standard error) Shannon diversity index of Acropora palmata at each site. Averages with the same letter do not differ from each other based on one-way ANOVA analysis (Kruskal–Wallis chi squared = 2.7, df = 4, p-value < 0.01). c–k Average (±1 standard error) relative abundance of the ASVs (amplicon sequence variants) that contributed proportionally the most to the differences in coral-associated microbial communities among sites as determined by SIMPER analysis. Detailed taxonomic affiliation of the selected ASVs are in Supplementary Table 9.

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