Author contributions
S.AH. and P.P. designed and directed the project. T.M and P.B. funded and helped supervise the project. C.D., S.M. and B.G. performed the experiments and primary data analyses. All authors provided critical feedback and helped shape the research, analysis and manuscript.
Tables
Table 1. Samples, stations and positions displayed in Fig. 1. Included are the station, depth of sediment from the core (slice), seafloor depth, and topographic features. Appendix 1 includes all further information on the samples and samplings.
Table 2. Primers used for PCR enrichment. The barcode region, amplicon length, sequence, and first publication reference were included in detail.