Primer-E Primer
| Developer(s) | Plymouth Routines in Multivariate Ecology Research |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 7
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| Operating system | Windows |
| Type | Numerical analysis |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | http://www.primer-e.com/ |
Plymouth Routines In Multivariate Ecological Research (PRIMER) is a statistical package that is a collection of specialist univariate, multivariate, and graphical routines for analyzing species sampling data for community ecology.[1] Types of data analyzed are typically species abundance, biomass, presence/absence, and percent area cover, among others. It is primarily used in the scientific community for ecological and environmental studies.
Multivariate routines include:
- grouping (CLUSTER)
- sorting (MDS)
- principal component identification (PCA)
- hypothesis testing (ANOSIM)
- sample discrimination (SIMPER)
- trend correlation (BEST)
- comparisons (RELATE)
- diversity, dominance, and distribution calculating
- Permutational multivariate analysis of variance (PERMANOVA)[2]
Routines can be resource intensive due to their non-parametric and permutation-based nature. Programmed in the VB.Net environment.