Operational taxonomic unit (OTU) table for 18S rRNA gene tag sequences from DNA and RNA from samples collected in coastal California in 2013 and 2014

This dataset is a raw output operational taxonomic unit (OTU) table generated by processing and clustering raw 18S rRNA gene tag sequences from extracted DNA and RNA. Columns represent samples, including month sampled, material (either extracted RNA or DNA), and depth (in meters); thus values in each column represent the number of sequences in that sample that belong to a given OTU (OTUs by row). Each row represents a single OTU. The last column lists the taxonomic identifier assigned to each OTU. The raw sequence data can be found in the NCBI SRA database under accession number SRP070577 with the associated BioProject PRJNA311248.