2. Fig. 1. Ms.: Stratified prokaryote network …… by Daffonchio et al., 2004 b a Conductivity [mS cm -1 ] 3328 3329 3330 3331 3332 3333 Water depth (m) 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180

3. Fig. 2. Ms.: Stratified prokaryote network …… by Daffonchio et al., 2004 40 70 100 130 160 190 Conductivity (mS cm -1 ) 8 13 18 23 28 Salinity (% w/v NaCl) -80 -20 40 100 160 220 Redox (mV) 3342 3320 3328 3329 3330 3331 3332 3333 3341 Water depth (m) 0.2 0.6 1 1.4 1.8 2.2 Turbidity (FTU) 10 3 10 4 10 5 10 6 10 7 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 DAPI counts (cells ml -1 ) 16S rRNA gene (pg ml -1 ) Prokaryotes Archaea 0 6 12 18 22 SRR ( mol S 2- l -1 h -1 ) 0 1 2 3 4 5 MPR ( mol CH 4 l -1 h -1 ) 0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 BP (ng C l -1 h -1 ) 0 200 400 600 800 1000 ATP (Rlu) 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 6 12 18 22 Mn (???????) ????? (????????) 0 30 60 90 120 150 S 2- (??????) 0 200 400 600 800 1000 SO 4 2- (????) 3320 3328 3329 3330 3331 3332 3333 3341 Water depth (m) 3342 a b cd

4. Fig. 3. Ms.: Stratified prokaryote network …… by Daffonchio et al., 2004

5. Fig. 4. Ms.: Stratified prokaryote network …… by Daffonchio et al., 2004 a b

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