Table 2. Incubation conditions (start values) and respiration (R) and calcification (G) rates of freshly collected (from on-board incubations) and long-term reared coral E. fistula specimens. Values are provided as means ± SD.

Parameter	On-board incubations (60–80 min) of freshly collected E. fistulaa	Lab incubations (24 h) of long-term captive E. fistula
Temperature [°C]	21.0 ± 0.5	21.8 ± 0.1
Salinity [PSU]	39.15	41.1 ± 0.1
pH	8.26	8.06 ± 0.02
O2 [mg L−1]	5.64 ± 0.06	8.54 ± 0.05
Total Alkalinity (TA) [µmol kg−1]	2,433	1,842 ± 15
Aragonite saturation state Ω	5.45	2.50 ± 0.07
R [µg O2 cm−2 h−1]	3.67 ± 1.74	1.75 ± 0.78
G [µmol CaCO3 cm−2 h−1]	0.002 ± 0.047	0.013 ± 0.01

Notes.

^aValues from Roder et al. (2013).