Category Category I2 [95 % CI] (%) Q value P value P value P value
Overall dataset Overall dataset 77.4 [74.2, 80.2] 897.38 897.38 <0.001 ***
Assay strategy Filtration 72.4 [66.5, 77.2] 380.9 380.9 <0.001 ***
Centrifugation 78.3 [61.5, 87.7] 46.0 46.0 <0.001 ***
Metabarcoding 78.1 [73.3, 82.1] 392.7 392.7 <0.001 ***
Target taxa Fish 76.2 [72.4, 79.6] 661.1 661.1 <0.001 ***
Herptile 58.1 [35.3, 72.9] 59.7 59.7 <0.001 ***
Crustacean 0.0 [0.0, 12.5] 1.0 1.0 0.917
Mollusk 0.0 [0.0, 59.8] 2.1 2.1 0.723
Coral & Seastar 64.7 [30.7, 82.1] 25.5 25.5 0.002 **
Environment Laboratory 70.7 [64.6, 75.7] 385.0 385.0 <0.001 ***
Fresh / Lentic 32.9 [0.0, 56.2] 47.7 47.7 0.037 *
Fresh / Lotic 80.3 [74.0, 85.1] 208.2 208.2 <0.001 ***
Marine 71.5 [52.1, 83.1] 49.2 49.2 <0.001 ***
Metrics Biomass 74.2 [69.4, 78.3] 492.5 492.5 <0.001 ***
Individual 79.7 [74.9, 83.5] 368.7 368.7 <0.001 ***