Fig. 4

Results of the data analysis by the method 2B-PLS on second pair of datasets. Results of the data analysis on the quantity of different groups of microorganisms and factors potentially affecting. The B1: Axis 2-salinity datasets, the B2: Axis 2–datasets of abundance. a Blue circles-2008; red squares-2009; 41–51-lakes. b Symbols (hereinafter): LgA-logarithm of the number of Archaea, LgB-logarithm of the number of Bacteria, LgAlg-logarithm of the number of Algae and Cyanobacteria, LgS-logarithm of the total population; A-number of Archaea, B-number of Bacteria, Alg-number of Algae and Cyanobacteria, S-total number of microorganisms, TDS-salinity