Fig. 5From: Taxonomic dependency and spatial heterogeneity in assembly mechanisms of bacteria across complex coastal watersBar plots showing the loadings between observed factors and corresponding factor categories (latent variables) according to partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM). The factors with empty bars were below the loading threshold (< 0.7) to the corresponding factor category, and thus were not used in the final PLS-PM. Relative abundance of total bacteria was marked as NA (not applicable) due to that all values are same as 1 thus being forbidden by PLS-PM. DO, dissolved oxygen; DIN, dissolved inorganic nitrogen; SP, suspended particles; COD, chemical oxygen demand; Chl-a, chlorophyll-a; PD, phylogenetic diversity; Richness, ZOTU richness; Shannon, Shannon–Wiener index; Abundance, relative abundance; Cohesion ratio, |negative cohesion/positive cohesion|Back to article page