README.txt - This file Dryad DOI – doi:10.5061/dryad.2jm63xsp4 Title of dataset: Post-bioinformatic methods to identify and reduce the prevalence of artefacts in metabarcoding data Author name(s): Lorna Drake, Jordan Cuff Files: Compressed fastq files of forward reads (R1) and reverse reads (R2) LD-16S-200519_S1_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz - Otter 16S raw sequencing output for forward reads LD-16S-200519_S1_L001_R2_001.fastq.gz - Otter 16S raw sequencing output for reverse reads LD-CO1-220519_S1_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz - Otter COI raw sequencing output for forward reads LD-CO1-220519_S1_L001_R2_001.fastq.gz - Otter COI raw sequencing output for reverse reads JC-G_S1_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz - Spider general amplification raw sequencing output for forward reads JC-G_S1_L001_R2_001.fastq.gz - Spider general amplification raw sequencing output for reverse reads JC-S_S2_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz - Spider exclusion amplification raw sequencing output for forward reads JC-S_S2_L001_R2_001.fastq.gz - Spider exclusion amplification raw sequencing output for reverse reads