FIGURE 6.

Divergence and convergence of bacterial communities in different water layers. (A) Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) plots of bacterial communities at 1, 5, 10 m depth and in the sediment throughout the year. Samples were grouped according to depth (1, 5, 10 m and sediment) and connected by time sequence. Numbers indicate months (e.g., 3 is March 2013 and 15 is March 2014). (B) Bray–Curtis dissimilarities between bacterial communities from different water layers (1 and 5 m; 1 and 10 m). (C) Bray–Curtis dissimilarities between bacterial communities from different water layers and the sediment (1 m and sediment, 10 m and sediment).