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

Table 5 Leptopsammia pruvoti

Dependent variable	r ²	r	r ² _BS	r _BS
All samples
Skeletal density	0.105	−0.324	0.067	−0.258
Linear extension	0.225	−0.474	0.133	−0.365
Calcification	0.223	−0.472	0.165	−0.406
Immature samples (0–4 years)
Skeletal density	0.032	−0.178	0.0004	−0.022
Linear extension	0.013	−0.114	0.012	−0.111
Calcification	0.204	−0.451	0.123	−0.351
Mature samples (5–8 years)
Skeletal density	0.051	−0.225	0.021	−0.146
Linear extension	0.077	−0.277	0.013	−0.112
Calcification	0.014	−0.119	0.004	−0.065
Old samples (>8 years)
Skeletal density	0.299	0.546	0.299	0.546
Linear extension	0.143	−0.378	0.113	−0.336
Calcification	0.268	0.518	0.144	−0.380

Power function model (eqn 2). Linear regression and correlation analysis between SST and growth parameters in the six sites (n = 6) calculated on log-transformed data. 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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