Merging metagenomics and geochemistry reveals environmental controls on biological diversity and evolution

Alsop, Eric B; Boyd, Eric S; Raymond, Jason

doi:10.1186/1472-6785-14-16

BMC Ecology

Table 1 Covariance matrix for twenty geochemical variables plus three diversity metrics across twenty two metagenomic sample sites within Yellowstone National Park

From: Merging metagenomics and geochemistry reveals environmental controls on biological diversity and evolution

	T	pH	Na	K	Ca	Al	Fe	Mg	Cl	NH⁴	SO⁴	NO³	P	Si	B	As	Zn	Mn	S²-	O₂	Genera	EC	Clusters
T	1.00	−0.35	0.16	0.10	−0.26	0.17	0.02	−0.23	0.25	0.16	0.08	0.27	−0.32	0.36	0.22	0.14	0.24	0.12	−0.06	−0.41	−0.59	−0.57	−0.37
pH	−0.35	1.00	0.36	−0.10	−0.02	−0.61	−0.60	−0.05	−0.26	−0.01	−0.26	0.35	0.01	−0.21	−0.02	−0.03	−0.62	−0.33	0.05	0.48	0.71	0.62	0.63
Na	0.16	0.36	1.00	−0.06	−0.45	−0.31	−0.42	−0.49	0.65	−0.35	−0.69	0.47	−0.48	0.65	0.12	0.19	−0.05	−0.43	−0.51	0.18	0.18	0.35	0.50
K	0.10	−0.10	−0.06	1.00	0.30	−0.14	−0.12	0.30	0.28	0.06	0.16	−0.34	0.00	−0.19	0.75	0.55	0.04	−0.14	0.42	−0.26	−0.41	−0.29	−0.36
Ca	−0.26	−0.02	−0.45	0.30	1.00	−0.12	−0.10	0.99	−0.19	−0.09	0.40	−0.29	0.55	−0.64	−0.10	0.00	−0.14	−0.14	0.63	−0.25	0.07	−0.12	−0.16
Al	0.17	−0.61	−0.31	−0.14	−0.12	1.00	0.93	−0.06	−0.21	−0.09	0.26	−0.17	−0.15	0.22	−0.13	−0.16	0.38	0.19	−0.21	−0.15	−0.38	−0.27	−0.37
Fe	0.02	−0.60	−0.42	−0.12	−0.10	0.93	1.00	−0.05	−0.32	−0.08	0.25	−0.27	0.05	0.10	−0.13	−0.16	0.33	0.31	−0.20	−0.17	−0.31	−0.21	−0.33
Mg	−0.23	−0.05	−0.49	0.30	0.99	−0.06	−0.05	1.00	−0.23	−0.02	0.49	−0.27	0.52	−0.65	−0.11	−0.03	−0.13	−0.15	0.68	−0.28	0.05	−0.14	−0.18
Cl	0.25	−0.26	0.65	0.28	−0.19	−0.21	−0.32	−0.23	1.00	−0.29	−0.45	0.01	−0.40	0.65	0.25	0.30	0.40	−0.35	−0.27	−0.08	−0.33	−0.14	−0.03
NH₄	0.16	−0.01	−0.35	0.06	−0.09	−0.09	−0.08	−0.02	−0.29	1.00	0.77	0.30	0.07	−0.19	0.30	0.20	−0.13	−0.08	0.57	−0.19	−0.01	−0.03	−0.01
SO₄	0.08	−0.26	−0.69	0.16	0.40	0.26	0.25	0.49	−0.45	0.77	1.00	0.02	0.27	−0.44	0.09	−0.01	−0.01	−0.07	0.79	−0.36	−0.12	−0.21	−0.27
NO₃	0.27	0.35	0.47	−0.34	−0.29	−0.17	−0.27	−0.27	0.01	0.30	0.02	1.00	−0.21	0.29	−0.10	−0.12	−0.36	−0.33	0.00	−0.01	0.36	0.44	0.50
P	−0.32	0.01	−0.48	0.00	0.55	−0.15	0.05	0.52	−0.40	0.07	0.27	−0.21	1.00	−0.60	−0.18	−0.11	−0.20	0.12	0.41	−0.24	0.23	0.06	0.04
Si	0.36	−0.21	0.65	−0.19	−0.64	0.22	0.10	−0.65	0.65	−0.19	−0.44	0.29	−0.60	1.00	0.12	0.16	0.33	−0.23	−0.59	0.15	−0.20	0.04	0.13
B	0.22	−0.02	0.12	0.75	−0.10	−0.13	−0.13	−0.11	0.25	0.30	0.09	−0.10	−0.18	0.12	1.00	0.89	−0.06	−0.05	0.15	−0.22	−0.39	−0.21	−0.21
As	0.14	−0.03	0.19	0.55	0.00	−0.16	−0.16	−0.03	0.30	0.20	−0.01	−0.12	−0.11	0.16	0.89	1.00	−0.11	−0.06	−0.02	−0.14	−0.28	−0.15	−0.07
Zn	0.24	−0.62	−0.05	0.04	−0.14	0.38	0.33	−0.13	0.40	−0.13	−0.01	−0.36	−0.20	0.33	−0.06	−0.11	1.00	0.07	−0.16	−0.20	−0.54	−0.38	−0.36
Mn	0.12	−0.33	−0.43	−0.14	−0.14	0.19	0.31	−0.15	−0.35	−0.08	−0.07	−0.33	0.12	−0.23	−0.05	−0.06	0.07	1.00	−0.23	−0.16	−0.27	−0.36	−0.34
S²	−0.06	0.05	−0.51	0.42	0.63	−0.21	−0.20	0.68	−0.27	0.57	0.79	0.00	0.41	−0.59	0.15	−0.02	−0.16	−0.23	1.00	−0.35	0.09	−0.04	−0.10
O₂	−0.41	0.48	0.18	−0.26	−0.25	−0.15	−0.17	−0.28	−0.08	−0.19	−0.36	−0.01	−0.24	0.15	−0.22	−0.14	−0.20	−0.16	−0.35	1.00	0.46	0.48	0.42
Genera	−0.59	0.71	0.18	−0.41	0.07	−0.38	−0.31	0.05	−0.33	−0.01	−0.12	0.36	0.23	−0.20	−0.39	−0.28	−0.54	−0.27	0.09	0.46	1.00	0.91	0.87
EC	−0.57	0.62	0.35	−0.29	−0.12	−0.27	−0.21	−0.14	−0.14	−0.03	−0.21	0.44	0.06	0.04	−0.21	−0.15	−0.38	−0.36	−0.04	0.48	0.91	1.00	0.92
Clusters	−0.37	0.63	0.50	−0.36	−0.16	−0.37	−0.33	−0.18	−0.03	−0.01	−0.27	0.50	0.04	0.13	−0.21	−0.07	−0.36	−0.34	−0.10	0.42	0.87	0.92	1.00

Covariance between 0.5 and 1 are shaded black and anti-covariance between −1 and −0.5 are shaded grey.

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