TABLE 2.

Models of the top view only, four side views summed and top and four side views summed using simple linear regression. Information includes results of the regression and T-test used to determine if the slope differed from 1 and the intercept differed from zero.

Species	Model	Mean SAmm2 (range)	Linear model	df (n-2)	r2	F	p	MS∑	Intercept	SE	Intercept T Ratio	p	Slope	SE	Slope T Ratio	p
All	Top and Sides			163	0.97	5455.21	<0.001		35.7	17.72	2.015	0.0456	0.761	0.01	23.900	0.000
All	Sides only	399–1975	0.929(x) + 109	163	0.96	4206.09	<0.001	18041	109	19.2	5.677	0.0000	0.929	0.014	5.071	0.000
All	Top only			163	0.84	877.28	<0.001		−58.7	46.2	1.271	0.2057	3.51	0.119	21.092	0.000
P. porites	Top and Sides			18	0.93	227.66	<0.001		61.9	68.22	0.907	0.3756	0.749	0.496	0.506	0.619
P. porites	Sides only	1051 (690–1862)	1.09(x) −115	18	0.99	1370.77	<0.001	1260	−115	32.47	3.542	0.0022	1.09	0.0294	3.061	0.006
P. porites	Top only			18	0.59	25.52	<0.001		609	98.4	6.189	0.0000	1.78	0.352	2.216	0.039
P. damicornis	Top and Sides			58	0.86	347.01	<0.001		−12	106.3	0.113	0.9105	0.773	0.0415	5.470	0.000
P. damicornis	Sides only	1930 (946–3049)	0.962(x) + 30	58	0.83	291.03	<0.001	30445	30	113.6	0.264	0.7926	0.962	0.0564	0.674	0.503
P. damicornis	Top only			58	0.62	96.39	<0.001		542	145.4	3.728	0.0004	2.58	0.263	6.008	0.000
O. faveolata	Top and Sides			65	0.97	1812.02	<0.001		−134	20.26	6.614	0.0000	1.00	0.0235	0.000	1.000
O. faveolata	Sides only	680 (224–1463)	1.23(x) + 3.7	65	0.96	1387.17	<0.001	3903	3.7	19.69	0.188	0.8515	1.23	0.03293	6.985	0.000
O. faveolata	Top only			65	0.72	163.17	<0.001		−328	81.18	4.040	0.0001	3.85	0.3014	9.456	0.000
M. mirabilis	Top and Sides			16	0.96	362.59	<0.001		−17.3	25	0.692	0.4983	0.765	0.0402	5.846	0.000
M. mirabilis	Sides only	443 (263–677)	0.966(x) − 19.7	16	0.96	414.69	<0.001	644	−19.7	23.5	0.838	0.4135	0.966	0.0474	0.717	0.483
M. mirabilis	Top only			16	0.57	21.13	<0.001		169	62.93	2.686	0.0156	2.22	0.484	2.521	0.022