Fig. 3

Box plots comparing the distribution of a) taxonomic beta diversity and b) gene function beta diversity within species and among species within clade. Intra-teleost = “within species of the teleost clade comparison”; inter-teleost = “among species within teleost comparison”; intra-elasmobranch = “within species of the elasmobranch clade comparison”; inter-elasmobranch = “among species of elasmobranch comparison.” Box plots represent the median with the 2nd and 3rd quantile represented within the box while whiskers represent the 1st and 4th quantile measures. All points beyond whiskers represent outlier samples. Statistical evaluation was only performed on within clade comparisons (ie. intra-elasmobranch:inter-elasmobranch). All statistical comparisons were significant