Figure 3

Bray–Curtis similarity plot for bacterioplankton, phytoplankton and large mesozooplankton. Dots mark monthly averages of pairwise comparisons of samplings “n” months apart. Therefore, the first point shows the average similarity of all pairs of samples collected within one month of each other, the second point for all samples collected within 2 months of each other. Vertical dashed lines illustrate breaks for years (365 days). Note that cyanobacteria community composition is only included in the phytoplankton category and not in the bacterioplankton category in this figure (see methods).