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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 28.
Published in final edited form as: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2009 Apr 14;96(1):71–78. doi: 10.1007/s10482-009-9337-4

Table 2. Main ecological estimators calculated for the overall collection, the North Pacific and the Caribbean samples.

Overall collection North Pacific samples Caribbean samples
OTUs observed 44 22 22
OTUs expected 67 37 33
Simpson 0.09 0.07 0.15
Shannon 3.33 2.75 2.39

Data were estimated by DOTUR program using a 3% distance cutoff