Figure 9: An example from the Caribbean (using the species Acropora palmata) of the effect of using different palaeo-water depth relationships on the resulting sea-level reconstructions.
(a) the elevation uncertainties for the fossil A. palmata data; (b) the reconstructed sea level assuming a uniform distribution and a palaeo-water depth of 0 to 5 m; (c) the reconstructed sea level using our OBIS derived, ‘global’ species specific depth distribution and; (d) the reconstructed sea level using our regional depth distributions. PRSL is reconstructed using a Monte-Carlo simulation of samples; coloured shading indicated the 99th (pale blue), 95th (yellow), 85th (orange), 70th (red) and 50th (black) percent probability intervals. This example is for illustrative purposes only and is not intended as a reinterpretation of the Caribbean A. palmata dataset.
