Sea Surface Temperature Variability in the Florida Keys and Its Relationship to Coral Cover

Figure 2

(a) Comparison between percentage of coral cover in 2008 and weekly SST variance from 1994 to 2008 (𝑟=0.70, 𝑃=2.9×10⁻⁶, robust fit equation: 𝑦=0.04×−0.21, 𝑁=35). (b) Comparison between percentage of coral cover change from 1996–1999 to 2008 and weekly SST variance from 1994 to 2008 (𝑟=0.44, 𝑃=0.008, robust fit equation: 𝑦=0.09×−1.08, 𝑁=35; note inverted scale in 𝑦-axis).

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