Table 2 Scaling exponents and confidence interval for the mesocosm experiment.

From: Scaling of species distribution explains the vast potential marine prokaryote diversity

 

Scaling exponent γ

Confidence Interval (95%)

Days of observation

Mesocosm C1

0.44

0.026

14

Mesocosm C2

0.70

0.089

18

Mesocosm C3

0.44

0.039

19

Mesocosm C4

0.29

0.043

17

Mesocosm C5

0.36

0.062

19

Mesocosm C6

0.54

0.076

20

  1. For each condition and for each replica of the mesocosm experiment, the number of prokaryote species is fitted with the number of reads S ~ Nγ, with a least square method and the confidence intervals are calculated according to the number of days of observations in each condition.
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