Appendix C. Details of statistical techniques used to model coral reef beta diversity: model framework, selection and diagnostics, models of covariance, calculating the distance between data points, and estimates of coefficients.

Details of statistical techniques used to model coral reef beta diversity: model framework, selection and diagnostics, models of covariance, calculating the distance between data points, and estimates of coefficients.用于模拟珊瑚礁β多样性（beta diversity）的统计技术细节：涵盖模型框架、模型选择与诊断、协方差模型、数据点间距离计算以及系数估计。