Table 2 Costs and benefits of measures of coral thermal tolerance.

From: Experimental considerations of acute heat stress assays to quantify coral thermal tolerance

  1. Benefit classification used based on 100 samples; financial; Cheap < $200, Moderate $200–$600, Expensive > $600. Time; Effective < 5 h, Moderate 5–10 h, Intensive > 10 h per 100 samples. Level of training required; low = little to no instruction required, easy to do from protocol, no specialised laboratory skills required; Moderate = some basic laboratory skills required, operator generally supervised a couple of times then works from protocol, special instruction in equipment use. Hourly rate used for time cost is $33 AUD per hour. See Supplementary Material S6.1 for an overview and price-guideline for the equipment required for each of these assays. Cell colours reflect coding for high (red; expensive, intensive), medium (yellow; moderate) and low (green; cheap, effective, low) across categories.
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