Table 2.

The Elements of Metacommunity Structure results for each estuary (Subaé, Jaguaripe and Paraguaçu). These results were based on the fixed-proportional (r1) null model. Interpretations followed Leibold & Mikkelson⁸ and Presley et al.⁷. Abbreviations: embABS = embedded absences; Coh Z = Z-value of coherence; Tur Z = Z-value of turnover; Q = Quasi. Significant p-values are indicated by bold font.

Estuary Month Year	Coherence					Turnover					Boundary clumping
	embAbs	Coh Z	P	Sim mean	Sim sd	Turnover	Tur Z	P	Sim mean	Sim sd	Index	P	df	Interpretation
Subaé 03 2013	95	6.52	< 0.001	179	13	921	−0.37	0.716	875	126	1.04	0.267	8	Q-Gleasonian
Subaé 04 2011	94	3.14	< 0.001	131	12	537	1.10	0.271	658	111	1.41	0.008	8	Q-nested*
Subaé 12 2009	101	7.58	< 0.001	280	24	886	6.01	< 0.001	2228	2229	4.29	0.001	8	Nested*
Subaé 03 2006	57	7.26	< 0.001	196	19	962	2.94	< 0.001	1296	117	1.20	0.107	8	Nested#
Subaé 06 2004	36	8.54	< 0.001	130	11	911	1.55	0.123	1095	119	4.00	0.001	7	Q-nested*
Jaguaripe 08 2014	85	1.06	< 0.001	210	12	2103	−0.27	0.787	2024	290	2.08	0.001	7	Q-Clementsian
Jaguaripe 07 2010	104	6.07	< 0.001	193	15	1150	1.25	0.204	1374	179	1.73	0.009	7	Q-nested*
Jaguaripe 08 2007	98	6.79	< 0.001	184	13	1058	0.36	0.721	1113	156	1.74	0.008	7	Q-nested*
Jaguaripe 05 2006	35	5.71	< 0.001	749	7	339	−1.10	0.270	287	47	1.74	0.002	6	Q-Clementsian
Paraguaçu 08 2014	263	1.01	< 0.001	392	13	3895	0.99	0.320	4270	378	1.36	0.001	6	Q-nested*
Paraguaçu 06 2011	130	1.18	< 0.001	288	14	3481	0.37	0.715	3651	469	1.95	0.003	7	Q-nested*
Paraguaçu 12 2005	91	1.13	< 0.001	253	15	2195	258	< 0.001	2852	255	1.99	0.008	7	Nested#
Paraguaçu 05 2005	89	1.01	< 0.001	229	14	1886	−2.02	< 0.05	1527	177	1.35	0.001	7	Clementsian

*Nested clumped speceis loss (sensu Presley et al.⁷), Q = Quasi. #Nested random speceis loss (sensu Presley et al.⁷), Q = Quasi.