Title: Diverse and ecologically unique mesophotic coral ecosystems in the central Indian Ocean

Authors: Diaz, C., Howell, K.L., Hosegood, P., Bolton, A., Foster N.L.* *University of Plymouth, Drake Circus PL4 8AA Plymouth, UK.

Corresponding author: Clara Diaz, clara.diaz97466@gmail.com, ORCID: 0000-0003-3288-6398

Accepted for Publication in Coral Reefs

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This repository contains two folders, "Alpha diversity" & "Beta diversity": Each of the folders contain all the useful data and R scripts to undertake the alpha & beta diversity analyses respectively.

If you have any requests, please do not hesitate to contact: clara.diaz97466@gmail.com