Table 1. Results of SIMPER analysis for nursery species, showing which species best explained differences in fish community between sites close to vs. isolated from nurseries (average dissimilarity = 53.2).
| Species | Biomass (g) | Average dissimilarity | Contribution (%) | Cumulative contribution (%) | |
| Nursery: close | Nursery: isolated | ||||
| Haemulon flavolineatum (French grunt) | 886 | 214 | 9.2 | 17.3 | 17.3 |
| Lutjanus apodus (schoolmaster snapper) | 989 | 426 | 7.4 | 13.9 | 31.1 |
| Lutjanus analis (mutton snapper) | 320 | 618 | 6.6 | 12.4 | 43.5 |
| Haemulon sciurus (bluestriped grunt) | 618 | 204 | 5.6 | 10.5 | 54.0 |
| Lutjanus mahogoni (mahogony snapper) | 354 | 191 | 5.2 | 9.7 | 63.7 |
| Ocyurus chrysurus (yellowtail snapper) | 345 | 17 | 4.8 | 9.0 | 72.7 |
| Haemulon plumierii (white grunt) | 435 | 91 | 4.6 | 8.6 | 81.3 |
| Scarus iseri (striped parrotfish) | 492 | 315 | 3.0 | 5.6 | 86.9 |
| Scarus guacamaia (rainbow parrotfish) | 169 | 9 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 91.2 |