Figure 11
From: Impact of T-RFLP data analysis choices on assessments of microbial community structure and dynamics
Impact of data treatment on ordination. NMDS analysis based on Bray-Curtis similarities of T-RF profiles analyzed with PDT 50 without alignment correction or normalization (Panel A) and T-RF profiles analyzed with PDT 100 with alignment correction using the systematic shift procedure and normalization of both replicates and consensus profiles using the TFN-heights procedure (Panel B). The symbols represent the time of sample collection: Filled squares – summer 2003, filled circles – autumn 2003, empty triangles – winter 2004, empty squares – spring/summer 2004, empty circles – late summer 2004.