<p>Summary of distance-based Redundancy Analysis (dbRDA) results following backward model selection using <i>ordistep</i>. The table presents the environmental variables retained in the final model, their degrees of freedom (df), sum of squares, F statistic and significance level (p value) for (A) all <i>Porites lutea</i> coral-associated sediment samples and (B) a subset of the <i>Potites lutea</i> coral-associated sediment samples with four outlier replicates removed.</p>

Summary of distance-based Redundancy Analysis (dbRDA) results following backward model selection using ordistep. The table presents the environmental variables retained in the final model, their degrees of freedom (df), sum of squares, F statistic and significance level (p value) for (A) all Porites lutea coral-associated sediment samples and (B) a subset of the Potites lutea coral-associated sediment samples with four outlier replicates removed.