Figure 5
From: Changes in soil taxonomic and functional diversity resulting from gamma irradiation
Shannon diversity index for algae (a), bacteria (b), fungi (c) and metazoa (d) families reveal alternating patterns in response the radiation treatment. They were all significantly diverse. For algal families, with increasing radiation intensity diversity increased. Fungal diversity was highest under high ionizing radiation intensity. As the intensity of the ionizing radiation increases, bacteria and metazoan diversity decreases.
