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Table 2 Total number of metazoan ASVs (A) from 18S RNA ID95% metabarcoding (total of 189), Margalef’s index of Species richness (d), Shannon diversity index (H′) and associated standard deviations for three replicates from South Cove site C and three from Hangar Cove site F

From: Spatial and temporal dynamics of Antarctic shallow soft-bottom benthic communities: ecological drivers under climate change

Site/Cove

A

d

H′(loge)

South Cove

146

17.16 ± 4.72

4.28 ± 0.39

Hangar Cove

71

9.53 ± 3.31

3.48 ± 10.45