Table 2 BVSTEP and BIOENV analyses showing the correlations between community compositions and environmental variables.

From: Marked seasonality and high spatial variation in estuarine ciliates are driven by exchanges between the ‘abundant’ and ‘intermediate’ biospheres

Environment

BV-STEP factors

ρ

BIO-ENV factors

ρ

Variability explained

Environments with all OTUs

All

Salinity, Temperature, Chl a, Violaxanthin

0.669

Salinity

0.615

24.52%

   

Violaxanthin

0.408

 

Freshwater

Temperature, Ch l a, NH4, DRP, Diadinoxanthin

0.807

Temperature

0.798

71.18%

   

DRP

0.702

 

Oligohaline & Mesohaline

Salinity, Temperature, Chl a, DRP, Chl b, Nanophytoplankton ratio

0.388

Temperature

0.404

42.74%

   

Diadinoxanthin

0.219

 

Polyhaline & Euhaline

Salinity, Temperature, DRP, Violaxanthin, Chl b

0.576

Temperature

0.561

33.03%

   

Violaxanthin

0.367

 

Environments with only indicator OTUs

Freshwater

Temperature, Chl a, DRP, Chl b

0.838

DRP

0.806

69.91%

   

Temperature

0.783

 

Oligohaline & Mesohaline

Temperature, Bacteria, NH4, Diadinoxanthin

0.494

Temperature

0.528

46.96%

   

Diadinoxanthin

0.325

 

Polyhaline &Euhaline

Temperature, DRP, Microphytoplankton ratio

0.664

Temperature

0.563

34.35%

   

Zeaxanthin

0.479