Integration of Marine Macroalgae (Chaetomorpha maxima) with a Moving Bed Bioreactor for Nutrient Removal from Maricultural Wastewater

Table 2

Alpha-diversity indices of the biofilter and water samples from both MBBR and MBBR-MA.

Sample name		ACE	Chao1	Shannon	Simpson	PD whole tree
Biofilter	MBBR-MA	900^a	901^a	6.10^a	0.96^a	76.73^a
	MBBR	844^a	840^a	6.25^a	0.97^a	77.63^a
Water	MBBR-MA	1094^b	1096^b	6.67^b	0.96^a	101.84^b
	MBBR	1194^b	1183^b	6.70^b	0.94^b	112.17^b