Overview of research parameters that were used to measure the phylogenetic information contained within short read sequences and the OTU richness calculated from each library.

a, NFL = Nearly Full Length.b, PC = Pearson Correlation.c, wRMSD = Weighted Root Mean Square Deviation.d, RF = averaged Robinson Foulds distances between five best ML trees.e, WRF1 = averaged Weighted Robinson Foulds distances between five best ML trees based on the sum of the supports of the unique bipartitions.f, WRF2 = averaged Weighted Robinson Foulds distance between five best ML trees based on the sum of the supports of the unique bipartitions plus the difference of support values amongst the shared bipartitions.g, the ratio of the number of OTUs obtained with each short read library to the number of OTUs obtained with the nearly full length library.