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. 2016 Apr 13;6:24340. doi: 10.1038/srep24340

Table 1. Overview of fish samples including quality sequences and index of α diversity.

Fish Species Trophic levels Sequenced library No. Total filtered quality sequences Richness estimates
Diversity estimates
OTUs Chao1 Shannon
BSB Herbivorous 3 140046 1135 ± 308 1813 ± 372 6.74 ± 1.07
GC Herbivorous 3 113291 560 ± 130 932 ± 179 5.12 ± 0.51
MF Carnivorous 3 158623 811 ± 157 1543 ± 268 4.23 ± 0.58
TC Carnivorous 3 92677 937 ± 203 1350 ± 146 5.40 ± 0.91
CC Omnivorous 3 65513 1202 ± 367 1526 ± 497 7.45 ± 0.96
CrC Omnivorous 3 237926 562 ± 87 1024 ± 141 4.74 ± 0.46
SC Filter-feeding 3 94761 927 ± 216 1379 ± 323 6.46 ± 0.75
BC Filter-feeding 3 82519 1215 ± 151 1817 ± 241 6.91 ± 0.54

Operational taxonomic units (OTUs) are defined at 97% sequence similarity.