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Other analyses
A further bubble plot you might like to try on the Fal nMDS is to superimpose abiotic variables f...
Species analyses
The final step in the Basic MVA wizard is to break down the dissimilarities (or distances) betwee...
MDS & PCA ordinations
The Basic MVA wizard next produces non-metric MDS (nMDS) plots in 2-d and 3-d, together with thei...
CLUSTER analyses
The Basic MVA wizards then run a cluster analysis, again on the respective resemblance matrices. ...
ANOSIM tests
The wizard then runs, for both biotic and abiotic data, Analyse>ANOSIM>(Model: One-way - A) & (Fa...
Resemblance calculation
Resemblance is the general term in PRIMER used to cover (dis)similarity or distance coefficients....
Environmental data
For environmental-type data, such as the Fal environment sheet, it is often appropriate to transf...
Matrix display wizard
On active sheet Fal nematode abundance, run Wizards>Matrix display, not taking all the defaults i...
Basic MVA wizard
Basic MVA wizard To cater for users completely unfamiliar with the basic outputs from a multivari...
Opening the examples
Opening the examples After launching the PRIMER desktop by clicking on its icon, the first step i...
Typographic conventions for this manual
Emphases & text symbols Text in bold indicates the menu items that need to be selected, > denotes...
Changes from PRIMER 6 to PRIMER 7
Wizards and major new analysis options Dialog boxes generally are more ‘wizard’-based, unifying a...
Introduction to the methods of PRIMER
Application Areas PRIMER 7 (Plymouth Routines In Multivariate Ecological Research) consists prima...
Citation
Anderson, M.J. (2024) A quick guide to PRIMER. PRIMER-e Learning Hub. PRIMER-e, Auckland, New Ze...
Information on analyses
Detailed information and examples of virtually all the analyses offered by PRIMER v7 are found in...
A4 Index to data sets used in examples
Below is an index to the data sets used in examples, listed in order of appearance in the text. W...
A3 Index to mathematical notation and symbols
Matrices and vectors A = matrix containing elements $a _ {ij} = - \frac{1}{2} d _ {ij} ^ 2 $ B =...
5.16 (Hunting spiders)
A study by explored the relationships between two sets of variables: the abundances of hunting s...
5.15 Comparison of methods using SVD
The relationship between dbRDA and CAP can also be seen if we consider their formulation using si...
5.14 CAP versus dbRDA
So, how does CAP differ from dbRDA for relating two sets of variables? First, dbRDA is directiona...