Table 1 Summary of B. europaea and environmental samples, and features of the sampling sites.

From: Metagenomic shifts in mucus, tissue and skeleton of the coral Balanophyllia europaea living along a natural CO2 gradient

 

Environmental parameters

B. europaea samples

Environmental samples

 
 

Sampling site

mean pH

Individuals

Mucus

Soft tissue

Skeleton

Seawater

Sediments

 
 

Site 1 (control)

8.07

3

3

3

3

1

1

 
 

Site 2 (mild acidification)

7.87

3

3

3

3

1

1

 
 

Site 3 (high acidification)

7.74

3

3

3

3

1

1

 

Total

   

9

9

9

3

3

33