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. 2012 Feb 9;6(8):1526–1534. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2012.2

Table 2. pH (mean±s.e.) measured at the coral-microbial mat interphase (at 0 μm, see Figure 3) of CP and BBD in darkness and at two irradiances.

Light (μmol photons m2 s1) CP
BBD
  Front (n=3) Middle (n=3) Back (n=3) Front (n=3) Middle (n=3) Back (n=3)
0 7.73±0.25 7.53±0.14 7.75±0.07 7.43±0.20 7.33±0.11 7.49±0.03
40 7.83±0.26 7.74±0.22 7.39±0.23 7.37±0.01 7.62±0.11 7.49±0.19
250 8.61±0.19 8.58±0.22 8.54±0.07 7.58±0.15 8.13±0.27 7.83±0.24

Abbreviations: BBD, black band disease; CP, cyanobacterial patch.