TABLE 6.
Diversity analyses of Chesapeake Bay bacterioplankton by clone library, DGGE, and LH-PCR
| Station | Date | Clone library | Phylotype richness | % Coverage | Estimated richness (ACE_1) | Shannon-Wiener index | Simpson's index | DGGE band richness | LH-PCR peak richness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 908 | Sept. 2002 | CB01 | 26 | 71.4 | 59.5 (23.9)a | 2.74 (0.36) | 0.19 (0.04) | 37 | 22 |
| 804 | Sept. 2002 | CB11 | 33 | 60.2 | 94.2 (38.6) | 3.42 (0.19) | 0.07 (0.01) | 45 | 21 |
| 707 | Sept. 2002 | CB22 | 31 | 64 | 95.5 (42.8) | 3.22 (0.26) | 0.10 (0.03) | 37 | 19 |
| 908 | Mar. 2003 | CB31 | 26 | 69.4 | 82.6 (40.3) | 3.02 (0.17) | 0.09 (0.02) | 28 | 11 |
| 804 | Mar. 2003 | CB41 | 21 | 75.3 | 56.7 (29.1) | 2.73 (0.16) | 0.11 (0.02) | 32 | 11 |
| 707 | Mar. 2003 | CB51 | 26 | 68.3 | 87.9 (45.7) | 3.05 (0.16) | 0.08 (0.02) | 29 | 12 |
a
Standard errors for the estimates are in parentheses.