Table 3.
Alpha diversity results for high-throughput amplicon sequenced samples from GSB site and BBH site.
| Site | Sample (days from start of time series, replicate) | Good’s coverage estimate | Number of observed OTUs at 97% | Chao1 richness estimate | Inverse Simpson diversity estimate | Sample ID and ENA reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSB site | Steel (3, a) | 0.86 | 351 | 566 | 115 | GSB-FTS1-T1a.sff, ERS1068403 |
| Steel (3, b) | 0.81 | 360 | 761 | 61 | GSB-FTS1-T1b.sff, ERS1068404 | |
| Steel (13, a) | 0.79 | 384 | 933 | 62 | GSB-FTS1-T4a.sff, ERS1068405 | |
| Steel (13, b) | 0.84 | 306 | 724 | 33 | GSB-FTS1-T4b.sff, ERS1068406 | |
| Steel (41, a) | 0.79 | 398 | 908 | 70 | GSB-FTS1-T6a.sff, ERS1068407 | |
| Steel (41, b) | 0.78 | 412 | 924 | 67 | GSB-FTS1-T6b.sff, ERS1068408 | |
| Sediment (13) | 0.67 | 544 | 1592 | 111 | GSB-FTS1-T4sed.sff, ERS1068409 | |
| Sediment (41) | 0.63 | 664 | 1436 | 467 | GSB-FTS1-T6sed.sff, ERS1068410 | |
| BBH site | Steel (3, a) | 0.94 | 156 | 247 | 11 | BBH-FTS3-T1b.sff, ERS1068414 |
| Steel (3, b) | 0.95 | 153 | 224 | 14 | BBH-FTS3-T1c.sff, ERS1068415 | |
| Steel (9) | 0.88 | 288 | 490 | 61 | BBH-FTS3-T3a.sff, ERS1068416 | |
| Steel (24, a) | 0.86 | 300 | 617 | 25 | BBH-FTS3-T6a.sff, ERS1068418 |
All samples subsampled to 1173 sequences, and analyses were calculated for OTUs at 97% similarity.