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Fig. 4 | Microbiome

Fig. 4

From: Microbial indicators of environmental perturbations in coral reef ecosystems

Fig. 4

Microbial indicator taxa for seawater temperature fluctuations. Seawater temperatures were z-score standardised and, based on the variation around their mean, classified into low (< − 0.5), average (− 0.5–0.5) and high (> 0.5) temperature groups. Indicator zOTUs were identified with the indicator value analysis (IndVal). a The average relative abundance of the sum of low, average and high temperature indicators is represented for each sampling time point. Significant indicator zOTUs assemblages (p < 0.01) for the respective temperature group are indicated in black and size represents the coefficient of variation. Colour gradient further represents the seawater temperature at the given sampling timepoints. b Relative abundances and taxonomic affiliation of zOTUs identified to be significant (p < 0.01) indicators for high and low seawater temperatures. Each dot represents a unique zOTU

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