Table 1 Experimental seawater parameters for each treatment (Mean ± SE)

From: Symbiodiniaceae algal symbionts of Pocillopora damicornis larvae provide more carbon to their coral host under elevated levels of acidification and temperature

Treatment

pHT

S (ppt)

T (°C)

TA (mg/L)

pCO2 (μatm)

ΩArag

Control

8.13 ± 0.003

32.02 ± 0.02

29.25 ± 0.01

2170 ± 25

465 ± 18

3.08 ± 0.04

High pCO2

7.84 ± 0.005

31.96 ± 0.01

28.90 ± 0.01

2158 ± 26

1012 ± 42

1.74 ± 0.03

High T

8.16 ± 0.004

31.89 ± 0.02

32.24 ± 0.01

2167 ± 21

437 ± 16

3.52 ± 0.03

Combined

7.87 ± 0.004

31.95 ± 0.02

31.86 ± 0.01

2197 ± 18

966 ± 35

2.10 ± 0.04

  1. pHT pH total scale, S salinity, T temperature, TA total alkalinity, pCO2 partial pressure of carbonate dioxide, ΩArag aragonite saturation state.
  2. Treatment conditions: control (29 °C and pCO2 460 µatm), high pCO2 (1000 µatm), high temperature (32 °C), and combined (32 °C and pCO2 1000 µatm).
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