Inferred calcification rate of a Mediterranean azooxanthellate coral is uncoupled with sea surface temperature along an 8° latitudinal gradient

Table 3 Leptopsammia pruvoti

Dependent variable	Independent variable	Slope (SE)	Intercept (SE)	r ²	r	r ² _BS	r _BS
Skeletal density	Linear extension	-	-	0.518	0.720	0.457	0.676
Calcification	Linear extension	-	-	0.396	0.629	0.347	0.589
Calcification	Skeletal density	0.969	−0.294	0.753	0.868*	0.666	0.816*

Linear regression and correlation analysis between mean skeletal density, linear extension rate, and calcification rate in the six sites (n = 6). r² Pearson’s coefficient of determination, r Pearson’s correlation coefficient, r²_BS and r_BS Pearson’s coefficients calculated with bootstrapping, * p < 0.05. SE standard error.

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