How depth below the surface influences groundwater biotic assemblages.

<p dir="ltr">This research aimed to observe how depth below ground influences biotic assemblages within alluvial aquifers.</p><p dir="ltr">See metadata (first tab of the data set) and Methods - Read Me.txt file for more information.</p><p dir="ltr">~40 samples were collected on two separate occasions (6 months apart) from three alluvial aquifers (the Macquarie, Namoi and Hunter River catchments).</p><p dir="ltr">Groundwater was pumped from wells and samples collected included water chemistry, eDNA (16S for prokaryotes, 18S for eukaryotes) and physical collection of stygofauna.</p>