Concentrations (copies per g of wet weight) of the Microcystis 16S rRNA gene in non-spiked samples over 24 weeks of chilled (4 °C, dark) storage (Loess smoothed trend-line with 95% confidence intervals).

 
 
  Part of: Brasell KA, Pochon X, Howarth J, Pearman JK, Zaiko A, Thompson L, Vandergoes MJ, Simon KS, Wood SA (2022) Shifts in DNA yield and biological community composition in stored sediment: implications for paleogenomic studies. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 6: e78128. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.6.78128