Fig. 7
a Bray-Curtis similarity-based non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) plot of sampling locations based on the abundance of different copepod species. b The NMDS overlaid with the bubble plots of Acartia plumosa showing their abundance and distribution. c The NMDS overlaid with the bubble plots of Bestiolina similis showing their abundance and distribution. The bubble positions in these plots correspond to the positions of the sampling locations in Fig. 7a. The bubble size in each plot is proportional to the abundance (ind. m−3). Among the bubble colors, green indicates low-saline, cyan indicates mesohaline, and blue indicates high-saline characteristics of the sampling locations