Table 2.
Low functional redundancy values of mangrove macrobenthic assemblages
| FRe following (36) | ||||||||||
| Mangrove invertebrate fauna (this study) | Corals (55) | Benthic marine biota (56) | Reef fishes (17) | Reef fishes (36) | Reef fishes (57) | Lichens (58) | Freshwater fishes (59) | |||
| Cambrian | Silurian | Modern | ||||||||
| Min | 1.2 | 1.7 | NA | NA | 2.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 1.6 |
| Max | 3.5 | 2.8 | NA | NA | 7.9 | 6 | 7.9 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 2.6 |
| Mean | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 5 | 5.4 | 5 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 2.2 |
| SD | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||
The table shows comparisons among the values of FRe computed in the present study and the ones found for other ecosystems, calculated using the same method. NA = not available.