Table 1.

Normalised Robinson–Foulds (nRF) and mantel statistics across Bray–Curtis, weighted and unweighted UniFrac beta-diversity metrics.

	Bray–Curtis	Weighted UF	Unweighted UF
Sponge
nRF	RF = 0.02, p < 0.001	RF = 0.4, p = 0.006	RF = 0.4, p = 0.01
Mantel	r = 0.71, p < 0.001	r = 0.78, p = 0.006	r = 0.75, p = 0.03
Coral
nRF	RF = 0.69, p < 0.001	RF = 0.69, p < 0.001	RF = 0.92, p = 0.15
Mantel	r = 0.37, p = 0.02	r = 0.38, p = 0.01	r = 0.42, p = 0.03
Octocoral
nRF	RF = 0.64, p < 0.001	rRF = 0.82, p = 0.02	RF = 0.91, p = 0.24
Mantel	r = 0.23, p < 0.001	r = 0.36, p < 0.001	r = 0.25, p < 0.001
Ascidian
nRF	RF = 0, p < 0.001	RF = 0, p < 0.001	RF = 0.5, p = 0.34
Mantel	r = −0.03, p = 0.63	r = 0.46, p = 0.17	r = 0.18, p = 0.46