2.60 2.40 2.20 2.00 1.80 1.60 1.40 1.20 1.00 0.80 0.60 0.40 0.20 0.00 Shannon T. Taxa & Shannon Diversity ********* ***** ***** ******* 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 T. Taxa
Can someone please help me understand the meaning of this scatterplot? Here is the source: https://files.dep.state.pa.us/Water/Drinking%20Water%20and%20Facility%20Regulation/WaterQualityPortalFiles/Technical%20Documentation/An%20Index%20of%20Biological%20Integrity-Limestone%20Streams.pdf
Essentially I need to know what the x and y axis are for and what the plot is telling me.
The graph shows that the points are scattered and each one contributes information that is sensitive to different community attributes. As per the graph, Shannon Diversity and Total Taxa had correlation r = 0.85 and Shannon Diversity uses total taxa as one of the major components in the diversity calculation, hence, it is often correlated to Total Taxa. It is a way to measure diversity in a community.
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