Table 1.
Summary of the California coast and North Pacific Subtropical Gyre metatranscriptomes
| Parameter | California coast | North Pacific Subtropical Gyre |
| Time points | 35 | 30 |
| Approx. sampling frequency | 4 h | 2 h |
| Duration of drift | 9/12–17, 2012 (5 1/2 d) | 9/7–11, 2011 (2 1/2 d) |
| No. of transcripts* | ||
| ARCTIC96-BD19 | 623 (50) | — |
| Flavobacteria | 376 (1) | — |
| GII Euryarchaeota | 689 (34) | — |
| Roseobacter | 867 (99) | 542 (165) |
| Ostreococcus | 1,602 (781) | — |
| Prochlorococcus | — | 2,052 (1,464) |
| SAR11 | 1,300 (296) | 1,223 (270) |
| SAR86 | 1,400 (31) | 795 (39) |
| SAR92 | 404 (2) | — |
| SAR116 | 969 (146) | 1,661 (146) |
| SAR324 | — | 513 (28) |
| SAR406 | 615 (0) | 490 (17) |
*
Total number of transcripts (those with significant 24-h periodicity).