Alessandra Polo

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How to perform taxonomic relative abundance analysis on a set of OTUS/ASVs tables?

I have received the following files from the 16S rRNA gene sequencing of a set of samples and want to perform taxonomic analysis on them (relative abundance, clearing out unrepresented taxa,...

27 September 2021 6,592 3 View

Choosing an interval for HOBO sensors and how to deploy them for coral reef monitoring?

I'm using HOBO sensors for monitoring light intensity on shallow coral reefs over a 6-months period. Every 2 weeks the sensors are cleaned from fouling and data is taken with the waterproof...

03 June 2021 2,319 1 View

Mucus sampling from corals: which is the preferred extraction method?

I'm optimising a protocol for coral mucus sampling and DNA extraction for 16S rRNA gene sequencing. There are many different methods described in papers, mainly by syringes or swabs and different...

04 March 2021 2,085 5 View

Comparing two distributions, both bi-modal and skewed, what would be the best fitting statistical test I should apply to test their significance?

I'm trying to compare two distributions which are bimodal (have 2 highest maxima) and along the x-axis are skewed, one right the other one left, but given this complexity I don't know which is the...

19 August 2015 1,254 4 View