Table 3 Average elemental ratios and partition coefficients for aragonite sclerosponges

 Avg. (95% CL)

A. willeyana

Kume Is., Japan

30-40

1.31 ± 0.11

9.45 ± 0.05

1.42 ± 0.26

1648 ± 421

3.26 ± 0.03

D_{Me, Arag}

3.62-4.27 x 10^-4

1.09-1.11

0.007-0.017

2.28-2.35

 Avg. (±1σ)

C. nicholsoni

Jamaica

22

0.85-0.92

9.45-9.89

3.60-4.14

8.13-91.9

3.20-3.37

D_{Me, Arag}

1.81 x 10^-4

1.10

0.098

 Average (±1σ)

C. nicholsoni

Bahamas

143

0.77-0.90

10.15-10.74

3.16-3.66

52.10-289

3.07-3.28

D_{Me, Arag}

1.6 x 10^-4

1.17

0.86

171.85

2.98

 Avg. (1980-1994)

A. willeyana

Otta Island, Micronesia

25

0.9-1.2

9.5-12.0

2.7-4.1

3.1-3.6

 Avg. (-2004, several yrs)

A. willeyana

Nomuka Ika, Tonga

9.5

0.3-1.1

8.5-12.5

2.5-8.0