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. 2020 Jan 28;9:e49816. doi: 10.7554/eLife.49816

Figure 1. Community-level trait responses to nutrient enrichment.

Figure 1.

(A–F) As predicted, the mean value for each information-processing trait was higher in the fertilized treatment (Fert) than in the unfertilized treatment (Con). Because the faster-growing organisms generally have more P-rich ribosomes, seston P:C ratio also increased after fertilizer treatment (as shown in panel [A]). Boxes show 25/75% quantiles, center horizontal lines show medians, and vertical lines show the data range. In panel (E), a community’s codon usage bias is the inverse mean effective number of codons (1/ENC) of a metagenome’s ribosomal protein sequences, with higher 1/ENC values indicating increased codon usage bias.