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Appendix D. Rarefaction curves of 16S pyrosequencing data from removal experiment.
Fig. D1. Rarefaction curves of 16S pyrosequencing data for diversity treatments in the removal experiment. Each data point represents the average number of sequences obtained for three replicates. Although no curve reached a definitive plateau, the spread between the high diverse treatments (10-1 and 10-3) and low diverse treatment (10-6) indicates that estimations of species richness are reliable between treatments.