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

Table 4 Pairwise results for all permutational multivariate analysis of dispersion (PERMDISP) for all β-diversity metrics and body sites for wild and aquarium whitespotted eagle rays (Aetobatus narinari) and aquarium cownose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus)

Comparison	Diversity index	Cloaca	Gill	Skin	Water
Aquarium whitespotted eagle ray × wild white-spotted eagle ray	Bray–Curtis	NS	p ≤ 0.05	NS	NS
	Weighted	NS	NS	p ≤ 0.01	NS
	Unweighted	NS	NS	p ≤ 0.05	p ≤ 0.05
Aquarium whitespotted eagle ray × aquarium cownose ray	Bray–Curtis	NS	NS	NS	NA
	Weighted	NS	NS	NS	NA
	Unweighted	NS	NS	NS	NA

NS indicates not significant (p > 0.05). NA indicates no possible comparison. β-diversity metrics include Bray–Curtis, Weighted UniFrac, and Unweighted UniFrac

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