Boxplots of free-living A. Abundance, or count/grams of G. vermiculophylla square-root transformed (significant pairs between NCC and SCH: p = 0.002, NCC and VP: p = 0.001), B. Richness, or number of species/grams of G. vermiculophylla log(x+1) transformed (significant pairs between NCC and VP: p < 0.001, NCC and SCH: p < 0.001), and C. Diversity, or Shannon-Wiener Diversity Index square-root transformed (marginally significant pair between NCC and VP: p = 0.055) across biogeographic regions. NCC = North of Cape Cod, VP = Virginian Province, SCH = South of Cape Hatteras. Black circles represent each replicate (jittered).

 
 
  Part of: Lee TS, Fowler AE, Krueger-Hadfield SA, Gabriel C, Blakeslee AMH (2025) Biogeographic patterns of community diversity associated with an introduced alga. In: Fowler A, Robinson T, Bortolus A, Canning-Clode J, Therriault T (Eds) Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions. Aquatic Invasions 20(1): 127-151. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2025.20.1.134814