Table 1.

Relative proportions of the indicated phylogenetic groups in the total 16S rRNA gene clone library sequences

Phylogenetic group	Proportion (%) of group found by location and seasona
	Inner nearshore				Outer nearshore
	Pine Island		Daydream Island		Deloraine Island		Edward Island
	Dry (n = 81)	Wet (n = 78)	Dry (n = 84)	Wet (n = 86)	Dry (n = 83)	Wet (n = 80)	Dry (n = 83)	Wet (n = 81)
Bacteroidetes	32.14	20.51	25.41	31.4	13.1	23.17	14.12	18.50
Cyanobacteria	2.38	6.41	0	1.60	2.38	8.54	3.53	19.75
Firmicutes	0	0	1.176	2.30	3.57	0	2.35	0
Alphaproteobacteria	13.10	10.26	18.8	25.60	64.3	20.73	15.29	9.80
Betaproteobacteria	0	0	0	1.60	0	0	0	0
Deltaproteobacteria	4.76	0	5.88	0	1.19	0	1.17	1.23
Gammaproteobacteria	14.29	34.62	20	23.30	10.7	20.73	24.71	24.69
Acidobacteria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23
Actinobacteria	2.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oceaniserpentilla	0	1.28	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nitrospirae	0	0	1.176	0	0	0	0	0
Unclassified bacteria	7.14	3.85	4.70	10.77	1.19	17.07	10.59	11.04
Diatom plastids	23.81	23.07	17.65	3.49	3.57	9.76	28.24	13.76

^aThe values shown indicate the relative proportions of the indicated phylogenetic groups as percentages of the total 16S rRNA gene clone library sequences (where n is the number of clones sequenced).