In South Florida, the dense band forms in the late summer, but it is generally thought that there is as much as a � two month variation in timing. By counting the number of bands in a coral, the age can be assessed. Errors in age interpretation arise when dense bands are indistinct or when so-called "stress bands", resulting from events such as temperature extremes, occur. Generally speaking, a year in which a stress band forms may actually contain two dense bands or a thicker dense band which is a combination of the stress and normal dense band. Although it is possible to misinterpret a stress band as an annual band, the annual bands can be recognized by their regular spacing. Therefore, density changes can still provide a clear annual chronology.

Temperature is not significant (r= 0.08)

Swart 1999 NOAA has different corrdinates for this coral 25 0N, 80 36W, Looking at Google earth and Hudsons map, the Swart 1999 corrdinates incorrect, they should be 24 degrees 55 minutes N, and ~80 degrees, 43.5 minutes W

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year (MAT7d0bc1f777): interpretation4_scope: '' has been replaced by 'climate'

d18O (CO96SWFB01A): paleoData_isPrimary: '' has been replaced by 'FALSE'
d18O (CO96SWFB01A): paleoData_primaryAgeColumn: '' has been replaced by 'FALSE'
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depth (MAT4b082cc2d4): paleoData_primaryAgeColumn: '' has been replaced by 'FALSE'
year (MAT7d0bc1f777): paleoData_isPrimary: '' has been replaced by 'TRUE'
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d18O (CO96SWFB01A): interpretation1_variable: 'S' has been replaced by 'salinity'
d18O (CO96SWFB01A): interpretation2_seasonality: 'annual' has been replaced by 'Annual'
d18O (CO96SWFB01A): interpretation2_variable: 'd18O_seawater' has been replaced by 'seawaterIsotope'
d18O (CO96SWFB01A): interpretation3_variable: 'T_water' has been replaced by 'temperature'

d18O (CO96SWFB01A): interpretation1_variable: 'S' has been replaced by 'salinity'
d18O (CO96SWFB01A): interpretation2_seasonality: 'annual' has been replaced by 'Annual'
d18O (CO96SWFB01A): interpretation2_variable: 'd18O_seawater' has been replaced by 'seawaterIsotope'
d18O (CO96SWFB01A): interpretation3_variable: 'T_water' has been replaced by 'temperature'