FIGURES CAPTIONS
Fig. 1. Study area and sampling
design. Maps are pseudo-color representation of altitude (source: 30
arc-sec digital elevation model) and land cover (Source: Copernicus
Sentinel data 2019) created by AG, SM and
GFF.
Fig. 2. Variation of alpha-diversity (measured using q = 1) through time
and depth in six taxonomic groups. Results obtained using q = 0 can be
seen in Table S3.
Fig. 3. Differences in total beta diversity between soil depths through
time.
Fig. 4. Ordination of the community structures (Hellinger distances
dissimilarities) of the six taxonomic groups in the five proglacial
plains at two sampling depths (0-5 cm and 7.5-20 cm). The first two axes
of the distance-based Principal Component Analyses are displayed with
corresponding percentage of explained variance. Sample points are
displayed with color representing time since glacier
retreat.