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Table 2 Pairwise results for a one-way analysis of variance (Kruskal–Wallis) for all α-diversity metrics between aquarium cownose (Rhinoptera bonasus) and aquarium and wild whitespotted eagle rays (Aetobatus narinari) for different body sites

From: Microbiome differences between wild and aquarium whitespotted eagle rays (Aetobatus narinari)

Comparison

Diversity index

Cloaca

Gill

Skin

Water

Aquarium whitespotted eagle ray (C) × wild whitespotted eagle ray (W)

Observed

* W > C

*** W > C

**** W > C

NS

Shannon

NS

NS

**** W > C

NS

Evenness

NS

* C > W

*** W > C

NS

Faith’s

* W > C

** W > C

**** W > C

NS

Aquarium whitespotted eagle ray (C) × aquarium cownose ray (Co)

Observed

* Co > C

** Co > C

* Co > C

NA

Shannon

* Co > C

* Co > C

*** Co > C

NA

Evenness

* Co > C

NS

** Co > C

NA

Faith’s

* Co > C

* Co > C

* Co > C

NA

  1. *A significant difference p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001; ****p ≤ 0.0001, and NS indicates not significant (p > 0.05). NA indicates no possible comparison. α-diversity metrics include observed amplicon sequence variants (ASVs), Shannon diversity index, Pielou’s evenness, and Faith’s Phylogenetic Diversity