Fig. 1 in Host biology, ecology and the environment influence microbial biomass and diversity in 101 marine fish species

Fig. 1 | Samplingdesignof 116 speciesof marine fish. a Using ArcGIS todepictthe general area from which fish were sampled: black dots indicate the locations of the 101 unique species of marine fish sampled from the California Current Ecosystem in the Eastern Pacific Ocean primarily in the waters of San Diego CA. Red circles depict the locations of an additional 17 species of fish (15 unique species with 2 species duplicates) collected from the Western Atlantic primarily in the waters of New York. When multiple species of fish were caught in the same location, a single circle is used to indicate the location. b Fish were sampled across a gradient of depth and distances from shore. c Biometric measurements taken for nearly all fish include total length, fork length, mass, gape, and GI length. Various ratios from these lengths were also calculated. Microbiota samples from the gill were primarily whole tissue specimens from the entire left second gill arch or a section of the top middle and bottom of the entire filament. Skin mucus samples were taken by scraping using a razor blade. Midgut digesta material was collected from directly posterior of the stomach or if stomach was absent, the beginning of the GI tract. Hindgut digesta samples were taken from near the anus. Image from phylopic. MG midgut, HG hindgut, GI gastrointestinal tract, m meters.