Table 1 Influence of duration after nitrogen depletion on Symbiodinium cells

Cell size (diameter, μm)

6.49 ± 1.06^a

6.22 ± 0.88^b

6.49 ± 1.16^a

(n = 688)

(n = 592)

(n = 446)

Cell wall (thickness, μm)

0.02 ± 0.005^a

0.03 ± 0.01^b

0.056 ± 0.02^c

(n = 470)

(n = 994)

(n = 662)

Chl a (pg cell⁻¹)

4.22 ± 0.01^b

4.8 ± 0.01^a

1.93 ± 0.01^c

Lipid droplets size (area, μm²)

0.38 ± 0.31^b

0.35 ± 0.27^b

1.17 ± 0.77^a

(n = 166)

(n = 200)

(n = 1287)

Lipid droplets number in one cells

2.19 ± 1.54^b

1.63 ± 0.93^b

7.9 ± 2.87^a

(n = 75)

(n = 126)

(n = 163)

PAM

0.44 ± 0.10^a

0.44 ± 0.06^a

0.45 ± 0.05^a

(n = 6)

(n = 10)

(n = 4)

Cell density (×10⁶ cells per mg protein)

15.44 ± 4.18^a

10.02 ± 2.09^a

2.12 ± 0.82^b

(n = 4)

(n = 4)

(n = 4)