Investigating variability in microbial community composition in replicate environmental DNA samples down lake sediment cores

• John K. Pearman ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: john.pearman@cawthron.org.nz

  Affiliation Coastal and Freshwater Group, Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2237-9723

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• Georgia Thomson-Laing,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Coastal and Freshwater Group, Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand

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• Jamie D. Howarth,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

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• Marcus J. Vandergoes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

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• Lucy Thompson,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Coastal and Freshwater Group, Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand

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• Andrew Rees,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

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• Susanna A. Wood

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Coastal and Freshwater Group, Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand

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