Table 2.

North Sea time series high molecular weight DNA samples.

Sample pool*	Time series samples
P1	Oct–Nov–Dec 2003:	20-Oct, 27-Oct, 03-Nov, 13-Nov, 17-Nov, 25-Nov, 01-Dec, 12-Dec, 29-Dec
P2	Jan–Feb–Mar 2004:	02-Jan, 14-Jan, 30-Jan, 09-Feb, 15-Feb, 16-Feb, 23-Feb, 01-Mar, 08-Mar, 15-Mar, 22-Mar, 29-Mar
P3	Apr–May 2004:	13-Apr, 21-Apr, 18-May
P4	Aug–Sep 2004:	02-Aug, 09-Aug, 19-Aug, 23-Aug, 16-Sep, 27-Sep
P5	Oct–Nov–Dec 2004:	19-Oct, 08-Nov, 15-Nov, 29-Nov, 06-Dec, 16-Dec, 23-Dec
P6	Jan 2005:	14-Jan, 25-Jan, 31-Jan

^*Pools consisted of a mixture of 3 μl of each time series sample.