Table 1. Distribution of abundant and rare genera.
| Sample | |||||||
| Abundance range | All | Eph's | Buxton | SWI | 4 cm | 8 cm | 12 cm |
| >10% | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 1–10% | 24 (6) | 23 (6) | 30 (8) | 25 (6) | 19 (5) | 24 (6) | 25 (7) |
| 0.1–0.99 | 135 (33) | 135 (33) | 94 (24) | 126 (31) | 134 (34) | 104 (26) | 87 (23) |
| <0.1% | 255 (62) | 246 (61) | 273 (69) | 257 (63) | 239 (61) | 266 (68) | 296 (78) |
| Total | 414 (100) | 405 (100) | 397 (100) | 408 (100) | 393 (100) | 394 (100) | 381 (100) |
Samples were categorized by depth or sediment source and the average abundance of each genus was calculated. Number of genera (percent) is shown.