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. 2022 Feb 4;8(5):eabj9309. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abj9309

Fig. 4. Abundance and functional attributes of the sinking plankton compared to their nonsinking counterparts and the taxonomic and functional abundance breakdown of plankton DNA in DOSs.

Fig. 4.

Comparison of the DNA-based log-transformed read abundance (A), the inferred size distribution (C), and the functional breakdown (E) of pelagic ASV sinking to the DOS with their nonsinking counterparts in pelagic realms (euphotic and aphotic datasets have been combined). Results of Wilcoxon tests in (A) and (C) are indicated as follows: ****P < 0.0001; not significant (ns), P > 0.05. Breakdown of taxonomic (B), inferred size classes (D), and functional (F) relative abundances of plankton DNA in DOS as a function of latitudinal bins.