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. 2010 Sep 23;5(3):403–413. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2010.142

Table 1. Diversity indices of all functional genes in soil samples.

  DQ-U DQ-C YM-U YM-C CQ-U CQ-C SL-U SL-C JH-U JH-C
Richnessa 177 145 349 380 1076 541 558 325 196 151
Hb 4.70 4.43 5.55 5.54 6.56 5.88 5.95 5.45 4.75 4.59
1/Dc 69.2 49.9 184.6 167.1 484.9 227.0 270.6 167.0 71.1 58.5
Evennessd 0.91 0.89 0.95 0.93 0.94 0.93 0.94 0.94 0.90 0.91

DQ, Daqing; YM, Yumen; CQ, Changqing; SL, Shengli; JH, Jianghan; U, uncontaminated; C, contaminated.

a

Detected gene number.

b

Shannon–Weiner index, higher number represents higher diversity.

c

Reciprocal of Simpson's index, higher number represents higher diversity.

d

Evenness index.