Predicting temporal variation in zooplankton beta diversity is challenging
Fig 2
Schematic representation of our analytical framework.
Environmental and zooplankton composition data, obtained monthly (from November/2004 to December/2009) at 6 sampling sites distributed along the major axis of the reservoir (•), were used to estimate, for each month, (1) beta diversity and (3) environmental heterogeneity (dC Env). Mean values of water level (2) and chlorophyll-a concentration (4), for each sampling month, were also recorded. The variable time was given as the chronological order of the sampling campaigns (5). A generalized least squares (GLS) model was used to model the temporal variation in beta diversity (6).