Table 2. Comparisons of benthic functional groups among islands.

Functional group	F	p	Multiple comparisons
Coral	51.1	<0.001	Ducie	Oeno	Henderson	Pitcairn
			56.3 (20.6)	27.8 (10.2)	23.5 (18.0)	5.2 (6.1)
			A	B	B	C
CCA	0.2	0.910	Henderson	Oeno	Pitcairn	Ducie
			29.5 (16.8)	29.2 (24.3)	27.3 (21.0)	26.2 (16.6)
			A	A	A	A
Erect macroalgae	31.1	<0.001	Pitcairn	Oeno	Henderson	Ducie
			42.1 (20.6)	15.7 (11.7)	11.2 (13.7)	5.8 (7.7)
			A	B	BC	C
Turf algae	9.0	<0.001	Henderson	Pitcairn	Oeno	Ducie
			24.0 (17.9)	15.2 (15.6)	9.4 (1.9)	3.2 (3.6)
			A	AB	BC	C

Values are mean percent cover with one standard deviation in parentheses. Statistical results of one-way ANOVA and multiple comparisons using the Tukey-Kramer HSD test for ANOVAs. Islands with the same letter are not significantly different at α = 0.05.