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Family
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Species (no. of events)
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Interaction duration (s)
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Mean body size of the nuclear species
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Mean body size of the follower species (cm) M. ocellatus
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Spearman rank correlation result
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Labridae
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Halichoeres brasiliensis (7)
|
69.3 ± 6.1
|
69 ± 6
|
27 ± 2
|
r = 0.7; p = 0.04
|
|
Labridae
|
Halichoeres poeyi (4)
|
40 ± 12
|
56 ± 11
|
16 ± 1
|
r = 0.25; p = 0.7
|
|
Labridae
|
Bodianus pulchellus (5)
|
122 ± 24
|
57 ± 8
|
19 ± 1
|
r = 0.36; p = 0.5
|
|
Labridae
|
Bodianus rufus (12)
|
145 ± 27
|
69.6 ± 4.1
|
28.3 ± 0.9
|
r = 0.07; p = 0.8
|
|
Monacanthidae
|
Stephanolepis hispidus (10)
|
65 ± 4.2
|
59 ± 6
|
24 ± 1
|
r = 0.54; p = 0.1
|
|
Epinephelidae
|
Mycteroperca acutirostris (1)
|
190
|
75
|
35
|
*
|
|
Serranidae
|
Serranus baldwini (2)
|
45 ± 12
|
68 ± 5
|
9 ± 2
|
*
|
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All events
|
96.6 ± 21.4
|
64 ± 3
|
25 ± 1
|
r = 0.42; p = 0.007
|
- * Statistical tests were not done due to the small sample size. P-values in italic are significant. The deviations are standard errors
