Extended Data Fig. 9: Principal Coordinate Analysis of the benthic community composition across 276 sites in Tonga, South Pacific. | Nature Sustainability

Extended Data Fig. 9: Principal Coordinate Analysis of the benthic community composition across 276 sites in Tonga, South Pacific.

From: Sustained productivity and the persistence of coral reef fisheries

Extended Data Fig. 9: Principal Coordinate Analysis of the benthic community composition across 276 sites in Tonga, South Pacific.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

The three main axes (PCoA1 to PCoA3) accounted for 89% of the total variability and are here shown in biplots of PCoA1 vs PCoA2, PCoA2 vs PCoA3, and PCoA3 vs PCoA2. The six most abundant benthic components across the study are highlighted in black arrows and text (left-hand side). Barplots on the right-hand side include the proportional cover of each of these six components in each site (bar) ordered from negative to positive values of each of the three axes. Turf = algal turf, CCA = calcareous coralline algae, SoftCo = soft coral, AcroBr = branching Acropora, FavMus = favids and mussids.

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