Table 1 Estimated average biovolumes and 18S rDNA copy number per cell for the different phytoplankton taxa included in the mock communities (SE = standard error; n.a. = data not available).

From: Mock community experiments can inform on the reliability of eDNA metabarcoding data: a case study on marine phytoplankton

Taxonomic group

Taxon

Biovolume ± SE (µm3)

Mean 18S rDNA copy number/cell ± SE

Dinoflagellates

Alexandrium minutum

7,070 ± 404.58

10.11 ± 2.04

Alexandrium pacificum

26,434 ± 1,675.43

1.1 ± 0.0005

Scrippsiella spp.

3,167 ± 233.58

1.75 ± 0.13

Diatoms

Chaetoceros socialis

463 ± 95.91

1 ± 0.0002

Pseudo-nitzschia spp.

42 ± 4.21

1 ± 0.0003

Skeletonema marinoi

124 ± 14

4.06 ± 0.33

Thalassionema frauenfeldii

288 ± 65.66

n.a

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