Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Virioplanktonic Abundance in Haihe River, China
Figure 5
Boxplots of microbial abundance and VBR from samples collected along the Haihe River. (a) Seasonal distribution of bacterial abundance (VB, viable bacteria, ; DB, dead bacteria, ); (b) spatial distribution of bacterial abundance (VB, viable bacteria, ; DB, dead bacteria, ); (c) seasonal distribution of viral abundance (); (d) spatial distribution of viral abundance (); (e) seasonal distribution of VBR (); (f) spatial distribution of VBR (); outliers numbers 1 and 46 refer to site S1; 29 and 65 refer to site S2; 21 refers to site S3; 17, 44, and 71 refer to site S8; and 18, 63, and 72 refer to site S9.