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Table 2 Sample statistics including number of sequences and OTUs per sample, alpha diversity estimates and proportions of rare and abundant OTUs

From: Ciliate diversity and distribution patterns in the sediments of a seamount and adjacent abyssal plains in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean

 

S-M.1

S-M.2

S-M.3

S-M.4

S-B.1

S-B.2

S-B.3

DS2.1

DS2.2

DS1.1

DS1.2

DS1.3

No. of filtered ciliate sequences

48,426

46,003

30,233

39,786

78,685

137,990

86,461

40,417

29,913

27,525

25,169

50,252

No. of ciliate OTUs (97%)

37

41

55

51

41

12

13

41

41

33

17

16

Effective no. of species

10.3

14.1

15.3

12.4

4.3

1.9

2.2

12.3

7.6

3.8

2.0

3.7

No. of rare OTUs

15

11

22

15

24

7

6

13

14

15

11

9

Proportion of rare OTUs [%]

41

26

40

29

60

58

46

32

33

47

69

56

No. of abundant OTUs

15

19

19

11

9

3

5

15

8

7

6

7

Proportion of abundant OTUs [%]

41

45

35

22

23

25

38

37

20

22

38

44