Supplementary Figures and Tables for "Diversity, activity and abundance of benthic microbes in the Southeastern Mediterranean Sea", Rubin-Blum et al.

Figures:<br><b>Figure 1</b>: Alpha diversity parameters. Abundance-based coverage estimator – ACE (bacteria and archaea, A; fungi, C) and Simpson's diversity index (bacteria and archaea, B; fungi, D). cmbsf – cm below the seafloor.<b><br></b><b>Figure 2</b>: Rarefaction curves – bacteria and archaea. Samples collected in 2019, which were sequenced to a considerably lower depth, were excluded from alpha-diversity analyses.<br><b>Figure 3</b>: Rarefaction curves – bacteria and archaea. Samples collected in 2019, which were sequenced to a considerably lower depth, were excluded from alpha-diversity analyses.<br><b>Figure 4</b>: Determining optimal k-means clusters dor sediment samples from the 0-1 cm sections, using 3 methods: gap statistic (top), average silhouette (middle) and elbow (bottom). 5 to 8 optimal clusters are suggested.<b><br></b><b>Figure 5</b>: Read abundance of top, 30 most-abundant bacterial and archaeal lineages at the order level in deep plain sediments. Taxa are hierarchically clustered.<br><b>Figure 6</b>: Read abundance of top, 30 most-abundant bacterial and archaeal lineages at the order level in continental slope sediments. Taxa are hierarchically clustered.<br><b>Figure 7</b>: Read abundance of top, 30 most-abundant bacterial and archaeal lineages at the order level in continental shelf sediments. Taxa are hierarchically clustered.<br><b>Figure 8</b>: Read abundance of top, 30 most-abundant bacterial and archaeal lineages at the order level coastal sediments. Taxa are hierarchically clustered.<br><b>Figure 9</b>: Read abundance of the 30 most abundant fungi orders in coastal sediments (UNITE BLAST).<br><b>Figure 10</b>: Read abundance of the 30 most abundant fungi orders in continental shelf sediments (UNITE BLAST).<br><b>Figure 11</b>: Read abundance of the 30 most abundant fungi orders in continental shelf sediments (UNITE BLAST).<br><b>Figure 12</b>: Read abundance of the 30 most abundant fungi orders in the deep sediments. (UNITE BLAST).<br><b>Figure 13</b>: Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (Spearman's ρ) for the bacterial and archaeal taxa read abundancies (order level, top 30) and environmental parameters. *,**, *** correspond to the adjusted p values (&lt;0.05, &lt;0.005, &lt;0.0005).<br><b>Figure 14</b>: Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (Spearman's ρ) for the fungal taxa read abundancies (order level, top 30) and environmental parameters. *,**, *** correspond to the adjusted p values (&lt;0.05, &lt;0.005, &lt;0.0005).<br><b>Supplementary Tables:</b><br>Table S1: DSEq2 analyses showing bacterial and archaeal taxa (order level), enriched in deep, slope, shelf and coastal habitats.<br>Table S2: Indicator species analyses showing bacterial and archaeal taxa (order level), enriched in deep, slope, shelf and coastal habitats.<br>Table S3: DSEq2 analyses showing bacterial and archaeal taxa (order level) that correlate with changes in distance from the sediment surface.<br>Table S4: DSEq2 analyses showing fungal taxa (order level), enriched in deep, slope, shelf and coastal habitats.<br>Table S5: Indicator species analyses showing fungal taxa (order level), enriched in deep, slope, shelf and coastal habitats.<br>Table S6: DSEq2 analyses showing fungal taxa (order level) that correlate with changes in distance from the sediment surface.<br>