Table 2B.

Similarity-based OTUs and species richness and diversity estimates based on the soxB gene.

Station	Depth (cm)	Read number	OTUs	Shannon	Chao 1	Good’s coverage (%)
S31	0–4	12,100	180	5.060	185.571	99.8
	8–12	9,202	128	4.934	145.400	99.8
	16–20	9,070	103	4.057	115.720	99.8
S33	0–4	12,694	148	5.295	152.119	99.8
	8–12	12,817	141	4.845	142.747	99.9
	16–20	11,052	145	4.914	151.037	99.8
	32–36	18,786	113	5.086	110.563	99.9
	46–50	21,967	182	5.985	193.256	99.7