Molecular evidence for a diverse green algal community growing in the hair of sloths and a specific association with Trichophilus welckeri(Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae)

Table 2 Parameters for eukaryotic sequences according to collection site.*

Collection location	Sequences	Number of taxa	Coverage (%)	Estimated n of taxa (S_Chao1)	Shannon diversity index
Naos Island, Panama	18	10	55.6	38	2.0 ± 0.5
Barro Colorado Island, Panama	37	10	83.8	17	1.7 ± 0.3
Isla Colón, Panama	90	15	93.3	20	2.1 ± 0.2
Isla Escudo de Veraguas,	111	22	89.2	38	2.2 ± 0.2
Panama
Manuel Antonio, Costa	34	6	94.1	7	1.4 ± 0.3
Rica
Cayenne, French Guiana	35	12	82.9	27	2.2 ± 0.3
Augusto Ruschi, Brazil	24	12	66.7	19	2.0 ± 0.5
Paulo Seike Fragment,	34	10	85.3	12	1.5 ± 0.4
Brazil
Total	383	72	89.3	146	3.11 ± 0.15

*The number of taxa (with 97% similarity), estimated number of taxa and the Shannon diversity index from each study area. Shannon index values include the 95% confidence intervals.

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