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Table 2 Nodes with significantly high IBC in the Florida Bay food web. The values of out-degree and Hub score are also shown

From: Open networks from within: input or output betweenness centrality of nodes in directed networks

Node

Taxon

Classification

Out-degree

Hub

IBC

1

2um Spherical Phytoplankton

Primary Producers

14

0.010182

0.011130

2

Synedococcus

Primary Producers

22

0.012086

0.019034

3

Oscillatoria

Primary Producers

9

0.009904

0.006438

5

Big Diatoms (> 20um)

Primary Producers

13

0.009851

0.009418

6

Dinoflagellates

Primary Producers

12

0.008580

0.008619

7

Other Phytoplankton

Primary Producers

12

0.010108

0.008840

8

Benthic Phytoplankton

Primary Producers

16

0.011732

0.010121

22

Other Zooplankton

Invertebrates

18

0.046550

0.010272

23

Benthic Flagellates

Invertebrates

10

0.003484

0.004930

24

Benthic Ciliates

Invertebrates

9

0.003462

0.004358

25

Meiofauna

Invertebrates

15

0.038636

0.008634

30

Bivalves

Invertebrates

43

0.192335

0.032299

37

Macrobenthos

Invertebrates

30

0.138043

0.019683

42

Herbivorous Shrimp

Invertebrates

60

0.272954

0.050273

43

Predatory Shrimp

Invertebrates

60

0.277423

0.049966

63

Brotalus

Fishes

9

0.043694

0.004823

80

Mojarra

Fishes

29

0.160359

0.018436

90

Mullet

Fishes

9

0.043322

0.004516