Table 1.

Distribution of the archaeal 16S rRNA gene reads per depth, detected in the ETSP at the (A) coastal and (B) open ocean station.

^∗Percentage of archaeal 16S rRNA gene reads of the total bacterial plus archaeal 16S rRNA gene reads detected in the analysis. Only archaeal groups with more than 3% of total archaeal reads are listed. The sample taken at 60 m depth only reported 0.1% archaeal 16S rRNA gene reads and archaeal 16S rRNA gene copy numbers under detection limit. For that reason, the sample is not reported in this table and was excluded from further analysis and discussion. Color coding: from dark red to white corresponds to 55–45%; 45–25%; 25–15%; 15–0% of archaeal 16S rRNA gene reads.