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. 2012 Dec 17;7(12):e51807. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051807

Table 4. Best-subset GAM models for predicting coral bleaching and coral cover change across regions and locations.

MODEL TERMS Adj. R2 AICc AICw
Coral bleaching analysis
Location***, Depth***, maxDHD* 0.75 213.1 0.600
Coral cover change analysis
Location***, Depth*, Nearest distance**, Pre-bleach cover*** 0.37 873.2 0.540
Location***, Nearest distance, Pre-bleach cover*** 0.33 875.0 0.213

Adj. R2: adjusted coefficient of determination; AICc: corrected Akaike’s Information Criterion; AICw: AIC weight. The best models presented are highlighted in bold; alternative models within 2 AICc units are also presented for comparison. (*<0.05, **<0.005, ***<0.0005).