Beta Diversity (PERMANOVA + ANOSIM) Help

Pairwise distance matrix (Bray-Curtis, Jaccard, ...) with PERMANOVA and ANOSIM group-composition tests plus a distance heatmap.

Requires: Community matrix plus a categorical group column.

Form fields accepted by this method's POST request

analysis_type=beta_diversity, dataset_id, distance_metric, feature_cols, group_col, n_perm

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Parameters & Options
Abundance/feature columns forming the community matrix (one row per sample).
Required — PERMANOVA and ANOSIM test whether community composition differs between these groups.
Runs PERMANOVA and ANOSIM on the same distance matrix and shows a distance heatmap.
Optional: fill missing numeric values before the analysis runs. Leave as default to keep the method's own handling.
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