Table 4. Comparison of proportional species distribution between the samples and the species distribution in the mock community in terms of cell number and biomass.

Compared to:	Initial distribution ofbiomass from thedifferent species	Initial distributionby cell number	DNA-Prym454	cDNA-Hap454	cDNA-Prym454
Sample
DNA-Hap454	χ2 9 = 7289 p<0.001	χ2 9 = 23081, p<0.001	χ2 9 = 954, p<0.001(BC-dist: 0.08)	χ2 9 = 3910, p<0.001(BC-dist: 0.38)
DNA-Prym454	χ2 8 = 9456, p<0.001	χ2 8 = 39010, p<0.001			χ2 9 = 7091, p<0.001(BC-dist: 0.49)
cDNA-Hap454	χ2 9 = 14942, p<0.001	χ2 9 = 9381, p<0.001			χ2 9 = 1354, p<0.001(BC-dist: 0.15)
cDNA-Prym454	χ2 8 = 16650, p<0.001	χ2 8 = 8703, p<0.001
DNApool	–	Equal proportion of eachspecies: (χ2 10 = 12903,p<0.001)	–	–	–

χ²-values and corresponding p-values from comparisons of the species distributions in the samples, treated with ‘Initial Filtering’. Significant (p<0.05) differences in bold type. The Bray-Curtis dissimilarities between the samples are given in parentheses.