Table 2.

General topological properties of network analysis using the 150 most abundant OTUs of Reefs 1, 3, and 5.

Network metrics	R1	R3	R5
Number of nodesa	5	10	14
Total number of edgesb	3	22	57
Number of positive correlationc	1	14	40
Number of negative correlationsd	2	8	13

^aNumber of OTUs with at least one correlation. Correlation magnitude > 0.5 (p < 0.05). ^bNumber of connection between the nodes. ^cCorrelation magnitude > 0.5 (p < 0.05). ^dCorrelation magnitude < -0.5 (p < 0.05). OTUs, operational taxonomic units.