Table 2. Table of microbial diversity and richness estimators found throughout 24 samples.
| Sample ID |
Diversity estimator |
Richness estimator |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon | Simpson | chao1 | ACE | |
| LP28. Underside.Intermediate | 7.22 | 0.98 | 988.30 | 1040.41 |
| LP1. Underside.Deep | 7.17 | 0.98 | 1121.06 | 1137.47 |
| LP31. Underside.Shallow | 6.98 | 0.97 | 1223.51 | 1319.05 |
| LP2. Underside.Deep | 6.98 | 0.98 | 873.28 | 966.39 |
| LP25. Underside.Intermediate | 6.90 | 0.96 | 1278.03 | 1305.35 |
| LP4. Underside.Deep | 6.86 | 0.97 | 1167.87 | 1194.77 |
| LP34. Underside.Shallow | 6.77 | 0.96 | 1204.41 | 1268.65 |
| LP33. Underside.Shallow | 6.58 | 0.94 | 1231.28 | 1249.61 |
| LP28a. Surface.Intermediate | 6.05 | 0.94 | 630.79 | 657.80 |
| LP1a. Surface.Deep | 5.09 | 0.81 | 933.90 | 985.68 |
| LP33a. Surface.Shallow | 4.39 | 0.86 | 676.26 | 715.08 |
| LP34a. Surface.Shallow | 3.60 | 0.82 | 449.14 | 477.48 |
| LP31a. Surface.Shallow | 3.51 | 0.76 | 478.13 | 491.34 |
| LP28b. Cloacal cavity.Intermediate | 3.30 | 0.71 | 316.57 | 327.37 |
| LP33b. Cloacal cavity.Shallow | 2.12 | 0.42 | 294.71 | 379.08 |
| LP25b. Cloacal cavity.Intermediate | 2.09 | 0.42 | 255.78 | 274.00 |
| LP4a. Surface.Deep | 1.98 | 0.48 | 307.79 | 358.87 |
| LP31b. Cloacal cavity.Shallow | 1.86 | 0.38 | 288.71 | 303.45 |
| LP34b. Cloacal cavity.Shallow | 1.76 | 0.36 | 272.13 | 294.92 |
| LP1b. Cloacal cavity.Deep | 1.70 | 0.33 | 187.03 | 204.52 |
| LP2a. Surface.Deep | 1.22 | 0.20 | 352.00 | 395.58 |
| LP25a. Surface.Intermediate | 1.19 | 0.21 | 257.50 | 292.19 |
| LP4b. Cloacal cavity.Deep | 1.09 | 0.21 | 187.40 | 197.22 |
| LP2b. Cloacal cavity.Deep | 1.07 | 0.19 | 167.43 | 176.76 |
Abbreviation: ACE, abundance based-coverage estimator.
These estimators were calculated on an OTU table rarefied to the lowest number of sequences in these 24 libraries (=4009 reads). All OTUs taxonomically assigned as chloroplasts and Archaea were removed before analysis. The bacterial alpha-diversity is displayed by the Shannon and Simpson indices, whereas species richness is described by the chao1 and ACE estimators.