Fig. 7
Synthesis of mangrove accretion rates (black dots) across the Caribbean over the last 5.0 ka. Supplementary Table 3 lists contributing data. Red curve is a logarithmic relationship of accretion rates with time since deposition. Dashed line shows the rate of relative sea-level rise in central Florida Bay 3.7–2.8 ka calculated from the studied cores (shown in green). Accretion rate ages are the mean of the measured time period for which the rates were calculated. Lower gray bar indicates range of sea-level rise data based on a south Florida synthesis1. Higher gray bar indicates range of relative sea-level rise trends from tide gauge stations at Key West (2.42 mm yr−1; 1913–2018) and Vaca Key (3.66 mm yr−1; 1971–2018)34,35
