Table 2. Summary table of the results of the DISTLM analysis, results shown are for the model with the lowest AICc values for each response variable.

Response	AICc	% total variability explained	Predictors	% variability explained by each predictor	Pseudo-F	P-value	Relationship
Total sponge abundance	333.08	13	Hard coral cover	8	0.47	0.57	positive
			Sediment	4	2.67	0.092	positive
			Chlorophyll-a	1	0.96	0.34	positive
Sponge abundance excluding	340.71	34	Sediment	18	12.1	0.0004	negative
L. herbacea			Quadrat Angle	12	7.64	0.0029	positive
			Hard coral cover	1	6.58	0.0064	positive
			Chlorophyll-a	4	2.38	0.12	unclear
Abundance of L. herbacea	390.85	15	Sediment	15	9.2	0.0001	positive
Multivariate sponge assemblage	426.74	26	Sediment	8	5.06	0.0001	NA
			Chlorophyll-a	6	3.64	0.0001	NA
			Spongivorous fish	6	3.45	0.0001	NA
			Flow	5	2.84	0.0001	NA
			Temperature	4	2.2014	0.001	NA