Table 3. Summary of end-paired phytoplanktonic contigs and processed OTUs in samples of East/Japan Sea.

Phylum	M I S			M II S			M II D			J I S			J II S			J II D
	Contigs	Ratio (%)	OTUs	Contigs	Ratio (%)	OTUs	Contigs	Ratio (%)	OTUs	Contigs	Ratio (%)	OTUs	Contigs	Ratio (%)	OTUs	Contigs	Ratio (%)	OTUs
Chlorophyta	4,815	0.75	21	7,261	2.30	22	8,656	2.26	15	7,036	1.13	13	98,420	23.91	19	8,279	2.85	14
Cryptophyta	1,063	0.17	6	1,151	0.36	5	3,684	0.96	4	24	0.00	4	2,839	0.69	4	1,878	0.65	5
Cyanobacteria	209	0.03	17	67,933	21.54	30	2,029	0.53	19	2,561	0.41	15	74,420	18.08	31	5,264	1.81	26
Dinophyta	24,441	3.82	19	14,173	4.49	16	8,919	2.33	15	35,103	5.65	14	24,917	6.05	16	37,744	13.01	17
Firmicutes	−	0.00	0	2	0.00	2	−	0.00	0	−	0.00	0	38	0.01	2	123	0.04	2
Haptophyta	24,094	3.77	74	57,385	18.20	75	46,724	12.22	73	31,230	5.03	70	98,841	24.01	76	22,534	7.77	75
Ochrophyta	552,850	86.40	118	115,611	36.66	119	67,856	17.74	113	510,993	82.31	109	30,117	7.32	118	82,463	28.43	123
Unclassified	30,246	4.73	N/A	22,399	7.10	N/A	65,121	17.03	N/A	14,556	2.34	N/A	30,478	7.40	N/A	19,497	6.72	N/A
Proteobacteria	1,177	0.18	19	27,885	8.84	46	178,140	46.57	41	17,715	2.85	32	50,790	12.34	46	111,346	38.38	54
Rhodophyta	772	0.12	1	315	0.10	1	16	0.00	1	2	0.00	1	22	0.01	1	28	0.01	1
Streptophyta	52	0.01	4	424	0.13	4	1,103	0.29	8	422	0.07	6	404	0.10	9	7	0.00	3
Verrucomicrobia	117	0.02	2	807	0.26	2	253	0.07	2	1,200	0.19	2	312	0.08	3	923	0.32	4
Plant	−	0.00	0	1	0.00	1	−	0.00	0	−	0.00	0	−	0.00	0	−	0.00	0
Total	639,836	100	281	315,347	100	323	382,501	100	291	620,842	100	266	411,598	100	325	290,086	100	324