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. 2017 Oct 23;7:13830. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14066-9

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Measured and modelled seasonal growth rate response for branching Acropora yongei and Pocillopora damicornis at Rottnest Island. (a) Seasonal changes in average seawater temperature (°C). Actual calcification rates measured using the buoyant weight technique³⁶ and predicted calcification rates modelled using inorganic rate kinetics for (b,c) A. yongei, and (d,e) P. damicornis. Black symbols represent the measured calcification rates (mean ± 1 SE) for A. yongei (n = 16) and P. damicornis (n = 9)³⁶. Green symbols represent the predicted calcification rates using seasonally varying temperature and seasonally varying Ω_cf, blue symbols represent the predicted calcification rates using pH_cf calculated from fixed condition experiments for Acropora spp., (y = 0.51pH_sw + 4.28^40,49; where pH_sw ranged from 8.03–8.10), and red symbols represent the predicted rates using a constant mean temperature (21.7 °C) and seasonally varying Ω_cf. All growth rates are expressed as percentage relative to the mean. Light blue shading denotes winter and unshaded areas denote summer, defined based on seasonal changes in temperature and light.