Table 2 Summary of the metabarcoding data sets analyzed.

From: Annual phytoplankton dynamics in coastal waters from Fildes Bay, Western Antarctic Peninsula

ID

Gene

Sample processing

Fractions

Sample number

Photo ASVs

Photo reads (median)

16

18S rRNA nuclear

Filtered

0.2, 3, 20 \(\upmu \hbox {m}\)

120

562

22,825

17

16S rRNA plastidial

Filtered

0.2, 3, 20 \(\upmu \hbox {m}\)

100

357

33,220

18

18S rRNA nuclear

Sorted

pico, nano

40

187

27,725

  1. ID corresponds to the dataset identifier. “Photo ASVs” and “Photo reads” corresponds to the number of ASVs and the median number of reads for all samples from each data set assigned to photosynthetic taxa.