Table 2. Growth (calcification rate) and survival of temperature preconditioning groups while on coral trees (in situ only) pre- and post-heat stress. The number of genotypes (N) and total number of pooled ramets (n) used for each analysis are provided.
| M. capitata | M. flabellata | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambient temp | High temp | Ambient temp | High temp | ||
| Temperature group: Growth | Genotypes (N) Pooled ramets (n) |
N = 8 n = 43 |
N = 8 n = 45 |
N = 8 n = 32 |
N = 8 n = 26 |
| Calc. Rate (mg g−1 day−1) Mean ± SEM, Pre-heat stress |
5.99 ± 0.341 | 5.89 ± 0.398 | 2.26 ± 0.152 | 2.32 ± 0.191 | |
| Calc. Rate (mg g−1 day−1) Mean ± SEM, Post-heat stress |
7.69 ± 0.693 | 7.77 ± 0.814 | 1.71 ± 0.144 | 1.83 ± 0.195 | |
| Temperature group: Survival | Initial pooled ramets (n) Jan/Feb 2019 |
69 | 63 | 78 | 74 |
| Surviving pooled ramets (n) Aug/Sept 2019 |
62 | 59 | 70 | 65 | |
| Surviving pooled ramets (n) Feb/Mar 2020 |
54 | 48 | 42 | 40 | |