Fig. 3: PCoA ordination based on Bray–Curtis dissimilarity for the bacterial communities at the end of Period 1 (day 16–28) and Period 2 (36–50).

The single ordination for these samples was split by sampling-week to highlight the succession based on the disturbance regime. UD (circles) were undisturbed the first 28 days and disturbed the last 22 days, while DU (triangles) were disturbed in the first period and undisturbed in the second. H (filled) and L (empty) indicates high and low carrying capacity, respectively. Colours represent the disturbance regime at sampling, and the shaded area the spread of samples with similar disturbance regimes.