Lunar cycles and rainy seasons drive growth and reproduction in nummulitid foraminifera, important producers of carbonate buildups.

For temperature, starting with a period of 365 days, decomposition resulted in a single, highly significant sinusoid with a minimum of 20.8° on 28 February 2014 and maximum of 27.2° on 28 August 2014 (Fig. 10A ).

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