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

Table 1

Statistical summary of the weekly SST mean time series and comparison with annual mean coral cover change.

Date interval 1 May-31 April	Change in coral cover	Standard deviation of change in coral cover	Mean annual SST	Standard deviation of the annual mean SST	Annual SST variance	Minimum SST weekly mean	Maximum SST weekly mean	Number of weekly means above 30°C	Number of weekly means above 29.5°C
1996-1997	0.018	0.193	26.480	2.042	4.171	23.027	30.378	1.000	1.000
1997-1998	−0.216	0.165	26.227	2.811	7.901	20.928	30.708	4.000	5.000
1998-1999	−0.233	0.201	26.504	2.442	5.962	22.704	30.341	3.000	8.000
1999-2000	0.014	0.137	26.240	2.457	6.037	21.842	30.461	3.000	5.000
2000-2001	−0.001	0.181	25.938	2.523	6.367	20.745	29.891	0.000	1.000
2001-2002	0.010	0.206	26.252	2.206	4.868	22.264	29.761	0.000	0.000
2002-2003	−0.051	0.148	26.238	2.519	6.345	21.353	29.542	0.000	0.000
2003-2004	−0.065	0.229	26.270	2.466	6.079	22.036	29.550	0.000	0.000
2004-2005	0.001	0.185	26.056	2.613	6.827	22.294	30.376	1.000	1.000
2005-2006	−0.192	0.174	25.916	2.747	7.543	21.151	30.373	3.000	5.000
2006-2007	0.091	0.215	26.418	2.342	5.487	21.806	29.738	0.000	0.000
2007-2008	0.085	0.216	26.531	2.345	5.498	23.260	30.164	2.000	7.000