; climateInterpretation_seasonality changed - was originally annual; archiveType changed - was originally Sclerosponge (SS)

JLC: The site name is Exuma Sound, which is different than TOTO (Tongue of the Ocean), based on map in Rosenheim paper (but labeled this way in NOAA Paleo). The lat and lon provided for site on NOAA paleo are different than what is here, and match paper more accurately. correct Lat: 23.67N correct Lon: 75.75W;    (additional notes) This record appears in th same paper as the Tongue of the Ocean sclerosponge record of Swart et al., 2002 and Rosenheim, 2005. The Sr/Ca data and calibration of that data appears in Rosenheim et al., 2004. The data from Swart 2002 had the chronology adjusted by Rosenheim 2005, do not Swart 2002 data in final version.

we find secular salinity increases of 0.35 A± 0.34 psu in Exuma Sound and 0.5 A± 0.35 psu in TOTO that must happen coevally with the secular temperature increases to explain the discrepancies between Sr/Ca and d18Oaragonite linear temperature trends. It is evident from (4) that our reconstruction is sensitive to the gradient d18Osw/S (0.54 %psu1). Despite the significant cumulative residual error from equations (1)a€“(3) (auxiliary material), our data clearly identify salinity variation in the subsurface waters of both Exuma Sound and TOTO during the last 100 years.

Oxygen isotope values (d18O) are measured in %VPDB for aragonite and % SMOW for water. Ratios of Sr/Ca are measured in mmolmol1, temperature (T) is in C, and salinity (S) is in psu. Equation (3) is constructed from surface waters (<50 m) of the return flow of the N. Atlantic Gyre between 45N and 31N. During transport between these latitudes, this water mass begins adopting the properties of the SMW [Krauss, 1986; Ottens, 1991]. By combining and rearranging these equations to reconstruct the salinity record preserved in Bahamas sclerosponges,

; paleoData_variableName changed - was originally Sr_Ca; climateInterpretation_seasonality changed - was originally annual; paleoData_variableName changed - was originally Sr_Ca; archiveType changed - was originally Sclerosponge (SS)