Supplemental Tables
Table S1 Host associated metadata including sampling date and location for each individual per sampling period, including age (SY = second year, ASY = after second year) and sex (M = male, F = female).
*Denotes non-tagged birds from the 2018 first recapture period.
**For samples included in the comparison of alpha diversity over time in the first recapture period in Michigan individual’s date of arrival is included.
Table S2 Relative abundance of each bacterial phyla (highlighted in gray) and classes with the standard deviation listed in parentheses. Phyla and classes are listed in order of most abundant in the full dataset. Relative abundances were calculated for the full dataset and within individual sampling periods.
Table S3 Results of the linear mixed model analyses of alpha diversity values for Observed ASV richness and Shannon Diversity Index. Model factors include sex (male or female), age (second year or after second year), year (2017 or 2018), and sampling period (initial capture in The Bahamas, first recapture in Michigan, or second recapture in Michigan). Asterisks denote statistically significant results of model, p < 0.05.
Table S4 (A) Taxonomic classifications of ASVs identified as core throughout all sampling periods. (B) Core taxonomic groups as identified by the Phylocore program. Terminal taxonomic groups bolded.