Fig. 1
From: High resolution time series reveals cohesive but short-lived communities in coastal plankton
Contrasting dynamics of plankton at different levels of taxonomic resolution. Although relative abundances of bacteria (a) and Eukarya (b) appear relatively stable when evaluated at the phylum to family level, they vary extensively and rapidly at fine-scale taxonomic resolution (OTU-level) (c), also evidenced by different rates of decline in taxonomic similarity (1-Jensen–Shannon distance) for phylum- and OTU-level with increasing time lags (d). Legends for phylum and family-level taxa are ordered from most to least abundant. Error bars in d denote standard error of three independent samples per day
