TABLE 1.

Experimental design in bottle incubations.

Exp. #	Zooplankton collection date	Copepod # and type per bottle	Depth of SW inoculum	Incubation volume (mL)
1	August 21, 2014	15 Mixed	10 m	125
2	August 22, 2014	15 Undinula	80 m	75
3	August 23, 2014	15 Mixed	40 m	125
Metatranscriptome	August 7, 2013	∼12 Mixed	N.A.	75
Metatranscriptome	August 8, 2013	10 Undinula	N.A.	75

All samples were incubated for 36 h in the dark. Duplicate or triplicate samples were collected for each treatment within each experiment. N.A. = SW inoculum was not included.