Table 2 GLMM results testing for differences in the taxonomic alpha diversity (TD) of large epifauna (> 0.5 mm), small epifauna (< 0.5 mm) and infauna among zones in the seagrass patch as a function of fragmentation level (two-way interaction, ‘zone \(\times\) fragmentation’), for each ‘q’ parameter: ‘q’ = 0 (i.e., species composition only, analogous to species richness), ‘q’ = 1 (i.e. weighted in proportion to species abundances, analogous to Shannon entropy), and ‘q’ = 2 (i.e. more weight on very abundant species, analogous to inverse Simpson index).

From: Navigating biodiversity patterns in fragmented seagrass mosaics

TD

Model

df

Large

Small

Infauna

Chisq

p

Chisq

p

Chisq

p

‘q’ = 0

Fragmentation

2

56.01

<0.001\(^{*}\)

11.18

<0.003\(^{*}\)

105.02

<0.001\(^{*}\)

Zone

2

0.24

0.88

7.33

< 0.03\(^{*}\)

5.82

0.05

Fragmentation*Zone

4

0.56

0.96

10.23

< 0.03\(^{*}\)

6.28

0.17

‘q’ = 1

Fragmentation

2

15.75

< 0.001\(^{*}\)

26.081

< 0.001\(^{*}\)

41.68

< 0.001\(^{*}\)

Zone

2

0.1

0.95

2.06

0.35

0.15

0.92

Fragmentation*Zone

4

3.79

0.43

21.26

< 0.001\(^{*}\)

2.44

0.65

‘q’ = 2

Fragmentation

2

30.29

< 0.001\(^{*}\)

29.95

< 0.001\(^{*}\)

23.34

< 0.001\(^{*}\)

Zone

2

0.05

0.97

5.51

0.06

0.87

0.64

Fragmentation*Zone

4

3.88

0.42

23.8

< 0.001\(^{*}\)

3.36

0.5

  1. Significant values (p \(\le\) 0.05) are indicated with an asterisk and highlighted in bold.
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