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

Table 4 Leptopsammia pruvoti

Dependent variable	r ²	r	r ² _BS	r _BS
All samples
Skeletal density	0.126	−0.355	0.073	−0.271
Linear extension	0.250	−0.500	0.143	−0.378
Calcification	0.261	−0.510	0.181	−0.426
Immature samples (0–4 years)
Skeletal density	0.018	−0.133	0.0003	−0.018
Linear extension	0.013	−0.115	0.017	−0.129
Calcification	0.178	−0.422	0.129	−0.359
Mature samples (5–8 years)
Skeletal density	0.049	−0.221	0.030	−0.174
Linear extension	0.077	−0.278	0.014	−0.118
Calcification	0.016	−0.126	0.008	−0.090
Old samples (>8 years)
Skeletal density	0.301	0.548	0.274	0.523
Linear extension	0.148	−0.384	0.122	−0.349
Calcification	0.181	0.425	0.091	0.302

Linear model. Correlation analysis between SST and growth parameters in the six sites (n = 6). No correlation resulted significant. r² Pearson’s coefficient of determination, r Pearson’s correlation coefficient, r²_BS and r_BS Pearson’s coefficients calculated with bootstrapping.

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