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Principal components analysis (PCA) of the individual GOS sampling sites grouped according to habitats based on the available environmental data. Sampling sites with missing parameters were excluded from the PCA. Sampling sites derived from the North American East Coast are clustered as indicated by a circle (filled symbols, subtropical; open symbols, tropical).
