Fig. 2: Comparison of the skeletal growth variables of Miocene and recent massive Porites.
From: Mid-Miocene warmth pushed fossil coral calcification to physiological limits in high-latitude reefs
Recent growth records (mean values per site) are from various upwelling (filled gray symbols) and non-upwelling environments (open gray symbols) in the Indo- and Eastern Pacific. The blue symbols show fossil growth data (mean values per site) and the colored circles represent average annual values of the Middle Miocene corals in this study. The dashed lines show separation of Middle Miocene and recent (non-upwelling) corals into two groups. Fossil reference data (mean values per site) are from the eastern Atlantic (Early Miocene) and eastern Mediterranean Sea (Late Miocene). See Supplementary Data for locations and references of recent and fossil calcification data of massive Porites.
