Table 2 Analyzed sequence reads of mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA genes and relative abundance of host and fish prey sequences.

From: High-resolution molecular identification of smalltooth sawfish prey

Sample code

Analyzed sequence reads

Smalltooth sawfish sequences (%)

Fish prey sequence identified (%)

12S

16S

12S

16S

12S

16S

SF1

5456

21202

82.3

99.9

91.0

75.0

SF3

2993

3026

11.3

100.0

95.4

 0

SF4

ND*

16344

ND

100.0

ND

 0

SF5

ND

14967

ND

31.4

ND

90.1

SF6

3675

24865

93.3

99.7

76.7

40.7

SF7

4199

11418

48.8

62.8

89.6

98.3

SF8

5958

12732

2.0

40.8

96.0

94.4

SF9

4783

8607

19.4

70.2

97.3

98.9

SF10

7300

9213

2.3

17.4

94.6

98.1

SF11

9702

7080

95.4

97.6

81.3

91.3

SF12

7371

8584

73.2

100.0

91.0

 0

SF13

16437

10169

90.1

98.1

87.5

97.4

SF14

4945

9795

0.5

31.9

90.4

84.4

SF15

10896

4248

0.7

41.3

99.7

99.1

SF16

933

4069

5.3

24.1

97.1

99.1

Total

84648

166319

 -

 -

 -

 -

Mean

6511

11088

40.3

67.7

91.3

88.9

±SE

±1112

±1593

±11.3

±8.6

±1.8

±4.9

  1. *ND = no data.
  2. After removal of host sequences.