Fig. 6: Assembly of communities was governed by different ecological processes for the different sample types. | ISME Communications

Fig. 6: Assembly of communities was governed by different ecological processes for the different sample types.

From: The travelling particles: community dynamics of biofilms on microplastics transferred along a salinity gradient

Fig. 6

A The distribution of ßNTI values computed for each sample type across each pair of sites are presented in box plots along with their corresponding (B) RCBray values. C The relative contributions (%) of selection, dispersal or drift events that shaped each community across sites are shown in stacked bar plots. Helgoland (T) and (S) represent samples from the transferred and stationary cages, respectively. For particle-associated (Water 3) and free-living (Water 02) waterborne communities, Helgoland (T) and (S) refer to surface waters sampled from the final offshore site before and after the incubation of the transferred and stationary cages, respectively, which were pooled together.

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