1<p>Diversity Estimators Abbreviations: Abundance-based Coverage Estimator (ACE), Chao’s species richness estimator, and Shannon-Weiner Index.</p>2<p>Species level, 97% similarity threshold used to define Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs).</p
<p>The coverage (<i>C),</i> Shannon-Weiner (<i>H), Simpson (D)</i> and <i>evenness (J) indices,</i> ...
<p>Gray columns represent richness as estimated by the Chao1 estimator. Black and white columns repr...
<p>The species richness estimates were determined using the RDP pyrosequencing pipeline or the ESPRI...
a<p>Number of operational taxonomic units (OTUs) found within each sample.</p>b<p>H′ (Shannon-Weaver...
<p>Averages of replicates ± standard error; means followed by different letters are significantly di...
a, b, c<p>Means with different letters are significantly different for management at <i>P</i><0.05.<...
<p>A: alpha diversity metrics based on observed OTUs, richness (Chao's richness and Abundance-Based ...
<p>Rarefaction curves representing the numbers of Operational Taxonomic Units (OTU) <i>versus</i> th...
<p>Operational taxonomic units (OTUs) defined at a 3% distance threshold.</p>a<p>The letters “C” or ...
<p>Averages of replicates ± standard error; means followed by different letters are significantly di...
<p>Rarefaction curve showing number of sequences generated versus the number of operational taxonomi...
<p>(A) Rank abundance curves. The vertical axis displays OTU relative abundance on a logarithmic sca...
<p><i><sub>Chao1-bc</sub></i> and S<i><sub>ACE</sub></i> : Species richness using the Chao-bc method...
*<p>Trimmed reads that passed quality control; Total number of OTUs, species richness estimator (Cha...
<p>Boxplots show the estimated number of Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) at 97% sequence identity...
<p>The coverage (<i>C),</i> Shannon-Weiner (<i>H), Simpson (D)</i> and <i>evenness (J) indices,</i> ...
<p>Gray columns represent richness as estimated by the Chao1 estimator. Black and white columns repr...
<p>The species richness estimates were determined using the RDP pyrosequencing pipeline or the ESPRI...
a<p>Number of operational taxonomic units (OTUs) found within each sample.</p>b<p>H′ (Shannon-Weaver...
<p>Averages of replicates ± standard error; means followed by different letters are significantly di...
a, b, c<p>Means with different letters are significantly different for management at <i>P</i><0.05.<...
<p>A: alpha diversity metrics based on observed OTUs, richness (Chao's richness and Abundance-Based ...
<p>Rarefaction curves representing the numbers of Operational Taxonomic Units (OTU) <i>versus</i> th...
<p>Operational taxonomic units (OTUs) defined at a 3% distance threshold.</p>a<p>The letters “C” or ...
<p>Averages of replicates ± standard error; means followed by different letters are significantly di...
<p>Rarefaction curve showing number of sequences generated versus the number of operational taxonomi...
<p>(A) Rank abundance curves. The vertical axis displays OTU relative abundance on a logarithmic sca...
<p><i><sub>Chao1-bc</sub></i> and S<i><sub>ACE</sub></i> : Species richness using the Chao-bc method...
*<p>Trimmed reads that passed quality control; Total number of OTUs, species richness estimator (Cha...
<p>Boxplots show the estimated number of Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) at 97% sequence identity...
<p>The coverage (<i>C),</i> Shannon-Weiner (<i>H), Simpson (D)</i> and <i>evenness (J) indices,</i> ...
<p>Gray columns represent richness as estimated by the Chao1 estimator. Black and white columns repr...
<p>The species richness estimates were determined using the RDP pyrosequencing pipeline or the ESPRI...