Table 1.

Number (#) of species with at least one sequence, at least two sequences, and at least three sequences, in at least one genetic database in 2010, 2012 and 2016 for aquatic and terrestrial taxa

	2010						2012						2016
	At least one sequence		At least two sequences		At least three sequences		At least one sequence		At least two sequences		At least three sequences		At least one sequence		At least two sequences		At least three sequences
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Aquatic taxa	895	65	672	49	430	32	975	71	780	56	567	41	1047	76	916	66	748	54
Animalia	627	64	483	49	316	32	688	70	550	56	400	41	743	75	650	66	524	53
Chromista	49	65	33	44	24	32	52	69	39	52	27	36	56	75	50	67	35	47
Plantae	196	69	141	50	79	28	211	74	174	61	129	45	224	79	199	70	174	61
Protozoa	23	61	15	40	11	29	24	63	17	45	11	29	24	63	17	45	15	40
Terrestrial taxa	1256	73	914	52	530	31	1391	81	1190	69	927	54	1460	85	1362	79	1215	71
Animalia	223	58	164	43	97	25	261	68	194	50	120	31	286	74	233	60	164	43
Plantae	1033	78	750	56	433	33	1130	85	996	75	807	61	1174	88	1129	85	1051	79
Total	2151	69	1586	51	960	31	2366	76	1970	64	1494	48	2507	81	2278	74	1963	63

Percentage (%) cover for 2010, 2012 and 2016 are shown in bold