Fig. 2: Contributions of immigration and growth for community recovery after disturbance.

a Influent to AS immigration model. b Proportions of the immigration and growth groups calculated by MBM-OP-AS model using the relative abundances of OTUs in influent and AS. c Proposed influent to small aggregates immigration model. d Proportions of the immigration and growth groups calculated by MBM-OP-SAG model using the relative abundances of OTUs in influent and small aggregates. Error bar represents standard deviation of n samples (n = 2 for influent; n = 6 for SAG and AS; n = 2 for disturbed and recovered).