Table D1.

Coral model state variables and fluxes.

State variables
Symbol	Description	Units
	Symbiont biomass	mol C
	Host biomass	mol C
Fluxes and other auxiliary variables
Symbol	Description	Units
	Prey assimilation (feeding) rate	mol C mol C d
	Nitrogen uptake rate	mol N mol C d
	Host biomass formation rate	mol C mol C d
	Host biomass turnover rate	mol C mol C d
	Recycled nitrogen from host turnover	mol N mol C d
	Nitrogen shared with the symbiont	mol N mol C d
	Excess carbon used to activate host CCMs	mol C mol C d
	input to photosynthesis	mol C mol C d
	Light amplification factor	-
	Light absorption rate for symbiont	mol photons mol C d
	Recycled from host	mol C mol C d
	Recycled from symbiont	mol C mol C d
	Photosynthesis rate of symbiont	mol C mol C d
	Light energy in excess of photochemistry for symbiont	mol photons mol C d
	Total capacity of NPQ of symbiont	mol photons mol C d
	ROS production proportional to baseline for symbiont	-
	Recycled from turnover of symbiont	mol N mol C d
	Symbiont biomass formation rate	mol C mol C d
	Fixed carbon symbiont shares with host	mol C mol C d
	Symbiont biomass turnover rate	mol C mol C d