We used spatial error models to identify the most important factors (environment or history) for species composition taking spatial autocorrelation into account. To select explanatory variables sequen
Trends with two categories were tested using either the t-test (normal data) or the Mann-Whitney test (non-normal data): Ice Extent (2007), Geography (Franklin Bay [FB] vs. open-ocean stations), Seaso
The average temperatures (temp.), salinities, and live coral cover (ALCC) percentages for each island reflect the means across the sites from which corals were sampled only (n = 46 reef sites), and th
