Table 1 Number and types of libraries and reads obtained in the Amazon Continuum Project, June 2010, R/V Knorr

Data type

Total community DNA

Total community mRNA

Eukaryotic community mRNA^a

# Stations sampled

6

6

6

# Size fractions sampled

2

2

1

# Replicates

2

2

2

# Samples

24

24

12

# Raw reads

3.68 × 10⁸

8.12 × 10⁸

4.61 × 10⁸

# Joined reads post QC

9.50 × 10⁷

1.62 × 10⁸

1.01 × 10⁸

Average joined read length (bp)

205

190

185

# rRNA reads

-

9.53 × 10⁷

2.34 × 10⁵

# Potential protein-encoding reads

9.44 × 10⁷

6.52 × 10⁷

9.86 × 10⁷