Reconstructing marine plankton food web interactions using DNA metabarcoding - Supplementary Dataset

### This repository contains two separate datasets:

1. *16S rRNA* gene dataset and
2. *18S rRNA* gene dataset.

### The data is stored as ASV-file

(Amplicon sequence variants) including:

1. Exact sequence of ASV
2. Taxonomic afiliation
3. Read count matrix per sample sequencing library.

### Each dataset comes with a metadata-file.

The metadata files contains the following variables:

- **NGI.-Sample_ID** The Unique Sequenceing Library ID.
- **SAMPLE_ID** Identification of environmental *In_Situ* sample event.
- **SAMPLE_date** Date of sampling (YYY-MM-DD).
- **SAMPLE_type** Type of sample (Water or Zooplankton).
- **SAMPLE_method** Device used for sampling *In-Situ*.
- **SAMPLE_depth** Depth of sampling.
- **GENE** Marker gene.
- **INNER_primer** Primer pair ID used for PCR.
- **INNER_blocking** Weather blocking PNA has been used for PCR or not.

For Zooplankton saples:

- **SORTED_type** Taxonomic affiliation of Zooplankton (Blank for water samples).
- **SORTED_genus** Genus of sorted Zooplankton species (Blank for water samples).
- **SORTED_number** Number of individuals sorted in the sample.

For Water samples:

- **FILTER_poresize** Size in micrometer.
- **FILTER_material**
- **FILTER_volume** Volume of water filtered (L).