Table 1 Model equations and Bayesian R2 for predicting colony projected 2D surface area (PSA) and total 3D surface area (TSA) from field measurements of colony maximum diameter (D) for 15 coral morphotaxa. Additional information on model equation parameters (incl. 95% HDIs and SD for parameters α + β) are presented in Supplementary material (Appendix 3, Table S17 & S18).
From: Predicting 3D and 2D surface area of corals from simple field measurements
Coral morphotaxon | Projected 2D surface area (PSA) | Total 3D surface area (TSA) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Model equation | R2 | Model equation | R2 | |
Acropora—other | PSA = 0.448D2.046 | 0.99 | TSA = 0.837D2.459 | 0.95 |
Acropora—staghorn | PSA = 0.186D1.981 | 0.84 | TSA = 0.838D2.024 | 0.81 |
Acropora—table | PSA = 0.346D2.111 | 0.98 | TSA = 2.615D1.947 | 0.95 |
Astreopora | PSA = 0.252D2.293 | 0.94 | TSA = 0.425D2.434 | 0.82 |
Fungia | PSA = 0.790D1.910 | 0.99 | TSA = 0.587D2.440 | 0.96 |
Goniastrea | PSA = 0.727D1.882 | 0.89 | TSA = 0.919D2.273 | 0.77 |
Lobophyllia | PSA = 0.539D2.008 | 0.97 | TSA = 0.698D2.190 | 0.96 |
Montipora—encrusting | PSA = 0.667D1.848 | 0.95 | TSA = 1.229D1.875 | 0.92 |
Pocillopora | PSA = 0.324D2.133 | 0.94 | TSA = 0.709D2.50 | 0.95 |
Porites—massive | PSA = 0.763D1.956 | 0.91 | TSA = 4.58D1.836 | 0.75 |
Seriatopora | PSA = 0.359D2.093 | 0.97 | TSA = 0.831D2.451 | 0.97 |
Stylophora | PSA = 0.420D2.46 | 0.96 | TSA = 0.878D2.413 | 0.96 |
Other—branching | PSA = 0.107D2.346 | 0.94 | TSA = 0.651D2.212 | 0.96 |
Other—encrusting | PSA = 0.639D1.876 | 0.96 | TSA = 0.802D2.024 | 0.93 |
Other—massive | PSA = 0.611D2.00 | 0.96 | TSA = 0.573D2.414 | 0.91 |
