Table 1 Pearson correlation coefficients for Fiji, Tonga, Rarotonga, American Samoa (Ta’u); coral skeletal annual δ¹³C and annual extension rate (in mm)

From: Coral carbon isotope sensitivity to growth rate and water depth with paleo-sea level implications

(A) Correlation coefficients for coral skeletal δ¹³C and extension rate
Fiji, Tonga, Rarotonga, Am. Samoa (Ta’u); Annual coral extension rate and annual skeletal δ¹³C (all Porites lutea)
		R all data	p	R Before 1960	p	R After 1960	p
Fiji 1F		−0.45	<0.001	−0.55	<0.001	−0.33	<0.01
Fiji AB		−0.47	<0.001	−0.34	<0.001	−0.12	<0.01
Tonga TNI2		−0.64	<0.001	−0.68	<0.001	−0.3	<0.01
Rarotonga 2R		−0.55	<0.001	−0.55	<0.001	−0.32	<0.01
Ta’u-1		−0.39	<0.001	−0.33	<0.001	−0.38	<0.01
	Average R	−0.5		−0.49		−0.29
(B) Correlation coefficients for coral skeletal δ ¹³ C and extension rate (3-year smoothed)
		R All data 3 pt	p	R Before 1960	p	R After 1960	p
Fiji 1F		−0.59	<0.001	−0.71	<0.001	−0.01	<0.01
Fiji AB		−0.64	<0.001	−0.47	<0.001	−0.14	<0.01
Tonga TNI2		−0.77	<0.001	−0.80	<0.001	−0.28	<0.01
Rarotonga 2R		−0.71	<0.001	−0.70	<0.001	−0.22	<0.01
Ta’u-1		−0.57	<0.001	−0.50	<0.001	−0.69	<0.01
	Average R	−0.65		−0.64		−0.27
With ¹³ C Suess effect subtracted (see Methods)
(C) Correlation coefficients for coral skeletal δ ¹³ C-Suess effect and extension rate
		R All data	p	R Before 1960	p	R After 1960	p
Fiji 1F		−0.42	<0.001	−0.45	<0.001	−0.58	<0.01
Fiji AB		−0.39	<0.001	−0.32	<0.001	−0.02	<0.01
Tonga TNI2		−0.58	<0.001	−0.66	<0.001	−0.47	<0.01
Rarotonga 2R		−0.49	<0.001	−0.49	<0.001	−0.17	<0.01
Ta’u-1		−0.28	<0.001	−0.30	<0.001	−0.45	<0.01
	Average R	−0.43		−0.44		−0.34
(D) Correlation coefficients for coral skeletal δ ¹³ C-Suess effect and extension rate (3-year smoothed)
		R All data 3 pt	p	R Before 1960	p	R After 1960	p
Fiji 1F		−0.61	<0.001	−0.66	<0.001	−0.77	<0.01
Fiji AB		−0.54	<0.001	−0.45	<0.001	−0.1	<0.01
Tonga TNI2		−0.71	<0.001	−0.79	<0.001	−0.64	<0.01
Rarotonga 2R		−0.64	<0.001	−0.65	<0.001	−0.2	<0.01
Ta’u-1		−0.4	<0.001	−0.44	<0.001	−0.62	<0.01
	Average R	−0.58		−0.60		−0.47

(A) R values for coral δ¹³C and extension rate for all data, data before 1960, and data after 1960. (B) Same as in (A), except on 3-year running averaged versions of coral δ¹³C and extension rate. (C) R values for coral δ¹³C with ¹³C Suess effect removed and extension rate for all data, data prior to 1960 and data after 1960. (D) Same as in (C), except on 3-year running averaged versions of coral δ¹³C minus ¹³C Suess effect and extension rate

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Table 1 Pearson correlation coefficients for Fiji, Tonga, Rarotonga, American Samoa (Ta’u); coral skeletal annual δ¹³C and annual extension rate (in mm)

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