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Supplementary Figure 5. Sample-to-sample variation in the number of OTUs identified at 95%. OTUs were estimated using normalized data sets, i.e. 2,836 reads per sample. In red are marked winter samples with higher than expected estimates of OTUs; these samples are referred to in the text in relation to the dust storm that occurred on 12/22/09. number of OTUs per sample sampling date