nMDS plot for DNA replicates, based on Jaccard dissimilarity index. Community composition between DNA replicates of the different biological replicates (marked with different symbols) and between the different locations with low, medium or high diversity (marked with different colors) are shown.

 
 
  Part of: Van den Bulcke L, De Backer A, Ampe B, Maes S, Wittoeck J, Waegeman W, Hostens K, Derycke S (2021) Towards harmonization of DNA metabarcoding for monitoring marine macrobenthos: the effect of technical replicates and pooled DNA extractions on species detection. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 5: e71107. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.5.71107