Table 1.
Summary of samples, sampling days, number of OTUs, and residence time according to operationally defined estimates of time (see Methods)
| Minimum | Average | Maximum | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participant | Samples | Days | OTUs | Resident (%) | Transient (%) | Always resident (%) | Resident (%) | Transient (%) | Always resident (%) | Resident (%) | Transient (%) | Always resident (%) |
| 1 | 76 | 722 | 220 | 170 (77) | 50 (23) | 63 (29) | 196 (89) | 24 (11) | 76 (35) | 215 (98) | 5 (2) | 92 (42) |
| 2 | 43 | 342 | 244 | 181 (74) | 63 (26) | 90 (37) | 206 (84) | 38 (16) | 99 (41) | 223 (91) | 21 (9) | 105 (43) |
| 3 | 24 | 425 | 189 | 151 (80) | 38 (20) | 65 (34) | 179 (95) | 10 (5) | 80 (42) | 185 (98) | 4 (2) | 95 (50) |
| 4 | 29 | 480 | 186 | 145 (78) | 41 (22) | 51 (27) | 163 (88) | 23 (12) | 57 (31) | 178 (96) | 8 (4) | 97 (52) |
| 5 | 38 | 412 | 179 | 137 (77) | 42 (23) | 62 (35) | 158 (88) | 21 (12) | 77 (43) | 177 (99) | 2 (1) | 92 (51) |
| 6 | 48 | 412 | 181 | 111 (61) | 70 (39) | 56 (31) | 125 (69) | 56 (31) | 63 (35) | 145 (80) | 36 (20) | 82 (45) |
| 7 | 42 | 399 | 242 | 196 (81) | 46 (19) | 80 (33) | 213 (88) | 29 (12) | 90 (37) | 231 (95) | 11 (5) | 107 (44) |
| 8 | 24 | 245 | 181 | 142 (78) | 39 (22) | 83 (46) | 158 (87) | 23 (13) | 94 (52) | 171 (94) | 10 (6) | 106 (59) |
| Average | 41 | 430 | 203 | 154 (76) | 49 (24) | 69 (34) | 175 (86) | 28 (14) | 80 (39) | 191 (94) | 12 (6) | 97 (48) |