Depth

Sample

Number of sequence reads

Observed number of OTUs*

Estimated number of OTUs*

Chao 1

Diversity estimators

OTUs consisting of single sequences*

OTUs consisting of double sequences*

Observed number of OTUs, total

Estimated number of OTUs, total

Chao 1

Diversity obtained from all sequences, %

Shannon*

Simpson*

0 m

a

3799

485

980

8.28

0.99

289

83

877

1161

75.6

b

10,822

488

1143

8.20

0.99

314

74

1275

1369

93.2

0.5 - 1 m

a

3621

351

924

6.95

0.98

235

47

686

1103

62.2

b

12,545

299

628

6.52

0.96

180

48

1149

1677

68.5

1.5 - 2 m

a

45,647

190

541

5.17

0.92

122

20

1830

2346

78.0

b

11,861

157

420

4.84

0.91

95

16

629

1109

56.7

2.5 - 3 m

a

10,177

185

465

5.66

0.96

109

20

671

1084

61.9

b

21,238

215

514

5.98

0.96

130

27

1089

1460

74.6

3.5 - 3.7 m

a

30

19

32

59.0

b

6442

183

523

5.53

0.95

108

16

469

795

59.0

3.7 - 4 m

a

1147

172

327

5.04

0.90

92

26

172

327

52.6

b

7768

177

372

4.76

0.86

103

26

5080

780

65.1

5.5 - 6 m

a

7698

281

568

6.50

0.97

168

48

814

1158

70.3

b

13,426

272

739

6.39

0.97

176

32

1073

1391

77.1

6.5 - 7 m

a

4359

355

682

7.26

0.98

202

61

655

801

81.7

b

7455

340

633

7.04

0.98

194

63

764

851

89.8