Appendix A. A list of the studies included in the analysis.

A list of the studies included in the analysis

Appendix B. The analyses conducted with pure environmental fraction (E/S).

The analyses conducted with pure environmental fraction (E/S)

Appendix C. Details of the diatom case study.

Details of the diatom case study

Appendix C. Results of variation partitioning for the taxa richness of phytoplankton and zooplankton in terms of fractions of variation explained.

Results of variation partitioning for the taxa richness of phytoplankton and zooplankton in terms of fractions of variation explained

Appendix A. Means and ranges for the environmental variables of lakes.

Means and ranges for the environmental variables of lakes

Appendix B. Bayesian estimation schemes.

Bayesian estimation schemes

Appendix B. Spatial correlogram of the phytoplankton and the zooplankton taxa richness.

Spatial correlogram of the phytoplankton and the zooplankton taxa richness

Appendix A. Generation of simulated communities.

Generation of simulated communities

Supplement 1. Source code for parameter estimation.

<h2>File List</h2><blockquote> <a href="data_abundance.csv">data_abundance.csv</a><br> <br> <a href="environment.csv">environment.csv</a><br> <br> <a href="Diatom_data_MCMC.nb">Diatom_data_MCMC.nb</a><br> <br> <a href="Simulated_data_MCMC.nb">Simulated_data_MCMC.nb</a><br> <br> <a href="Diatom_data_MCMC.txt">Diatom_data_MCMC.txt</a><br> <br> <a href="Simulated_data_MCMC.txt">Simulated_data_MCMC.txt</a><br> </blockquote><h2>Description</h2><blockquote> The MCMC sampling was implemented with Mathematica 7.0.1. The code Diatom_data_MCMC.nb can be used to apply the estimation scheme to the real diatom data, given in files data_abundance.csv and environment.csv. The code Simulated_data_MCMC.nb can be used to generate simulated data and to fit the model to the simulated data. The files Diatom_data_MCMC.txt and Simulated_data_MCMC.txt include the two Mathematica notebooks in text format. </blockquote

MOESM4 of Distribution patterns of epilithic diatoms along climatic, spatial and physicochemical variables in the Baltic Sea

Additional file 4. Mantel test