Figure 2From: A new tool for assessment and monitoring of community and ecosystem change based on multivariate abundance data integration from different taxonomic groupsMultivariate comparison of resemblance matrices derived from different data combination methods. 2nd Stage non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) of resemblance matrices from the taxonomic groups periphyton, macrophytes, macroinvertebrates and fishes as well as resemblance matrices from a combination of all four groups, generated from data sets 1), 2) and 3) with three data combination methods (description of methods see Figure 1).Back to article page