10.1371/journal.pone.0196987.t003 Sara Rachik Sara Rachik Urania Christaki Urania Christaki Luen Luen Li Luen Luen Li Savvas Genitsaris Savvas Genitsaris Elsa Breton Elsa Breton Sébastien Monchy Sébastien Monchy Heat-map showing abundance (rDNA-based survey) and relative activity (rRNA/rDNA ratio) of the 100 most abundant OTUs (representing more than 92% of all the reads) detected between 2013 and 2015. Public Library of Science 2018 planktonic eukaryotic microbes rRNA EEC 18 S rDNA RNA 18 S SSU rDNA gene abundance sample V 2-V hypervariable region ratio English Channel OTU 2018-05-10 17:35:10 Dataset https://plos.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Heat-map_showing_abundance_rDNA-based_survey_and_relative_activity_rRNA_rDNA_ratio_of_the_100_most_abundant_OTUs_representing_more_than_92_of_all_the_reads_detected_between_2013_and_2015_/6250880 <p>Positive <i>versus</i> negative ratios can be used as an indication of relative cell activity. Negative rRNA:rDNA ratio indicates low cell activity, in contrast to positive ratio which corresponds to higher cells activity (for example, a ratio of -40 corresponds to an OTU having 40-time more rDNA reads than rRNA reads).</p>