Table 3. Morphotype sample means.
Morphotype | Sample Size (n) | CD | CW | L1S | L4S | T1C | TH | CH | CS | Areal Chl (ug cm-2 ± SEM) | Cellular Chl (pg cell-1 ± SEM) | Chl a:c2 | Zooxanthellae Density (millions cells cm-2 ± SEM) | ||
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chl a | chl c2 | chl a | chl c2 | ||||||||||||
depth-generalist | 20 | 5.85 ± 0.13 | 2.48 ± 0.06 | 1.59 ± 0.05 | 0.49 ± 0.02 | 0.34 ± 0.01 | 2.74 ± 0.18 | 2.82 ± 0.11 | 9.81 ± 0.20 | 11.13 ± 0.62 | 4.35 ± 0.44 | 7.05 ± 0.62 | 2.75 ± 0.31 | 2.71 ± 0.10 | 1.73 ±0.12 |
shallow | 46 | 6.75 ± 0.17 | 2.97 ± 0.07 | 1.01 ± 0.02 | 0.38 ± 0.01 | 0.23 ± 0.01 | 2.60 ± 0.06 | 2.30 ± 0.08 | 6.42 ± 0.13 | 6.42 ± 0.20 | 2.45 ± 0.08 | 4.86 ± 0.16 | 1.85 ± 0.06 | 2.64 ± 0.04 | 1.36 ±0.04 |
Mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM) of eight measured corallite morphometrics, algal symbiont density, and chlorophyll concentrations across depth-generalist and shallow morphotypes from within the shallow zone of West and East FGB.