Table 3 Coral collection and experiment details.
From: Experimental considerations of acute heat stress assays to quantify coral thermal tolerance
Purpose of experiment | Reef | Coordinates | Species collected | Colonies sampled | Treatments | MMM °C | Collection date | Experiment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Fragment Size effect | 13–123 | 144.1348°E, 13.8552°S | A. tenuis | 9 | Ambient and + 6 °C | 28.6 | 14/01 | 15/01 |
P. damicornis | 9 | |||||||
2. Time effect | Creech | 144.1071°E, 13.6447°S | A. tenuis | 9 | Ambient and + 6 °C | 28.46 | 15/01 | 16/01 |
3. Alternative physiological measurements | Corbett | 144.2405°E, 13.9227°S | A. tenuis | 18 | Ambient, + 3 °C, + 6 °C | 28.58 | 10–11/01 | 11/01 |
13–124 | 144.0906°E, 13.8517°S | A. tenuis | 15 | Ambient, + 3 °C, + 6 °C | 28.66 | 12–13/01 | 13/01 | |
Lagoon | 142.7394°E, 12.3922°S | A. tenuis | 15 | Ambient, + 3 °C, + 6 °C | 28.54 | 18/01 | 19/01 | |
Mantis | 143.8808°E, 12.3041°S | A. tenuis | 15 | Ambient, + 3 °C, + 6 °C | 28.44 | 20/01 | 21/01 | |
11–049 | 143.3262°E, 11.3637°S | A. tenuis | 23 | Ambient and + 6 °C | 29.11 | 28/01 | 28/01 |
