Table 2 Effect of temperature on physiological variables of Symbiodinium B1

Cell density

25

148920 ± 6142

161651 ± 6553

216050 ± 10864

F _2,9 = 40.3486,

33

151759 ± 11152

128704 ± 6988

126389 ± 5798

p < 0.0001*

F_v/F_m

25

0.51 ± 0.01

0.51 ± 0.01

0.51 ± 0.01

F _2,9 = 19.5472,

33

0.51 ± 0.02

0.46 ± 0.02

0.43 ± 0.01

p = 0.0005*

Chl a

25

0.85 ± 0.05

0.89 ± 0.03

0.77 ± 0.05

F _1.263,12.63 = 0.6068,

[pg cell⁻¹]

33

0.90 ± 0.03

1.00 ± 0.06

0.92 ± 0.08

p = 0.4875

Protein

25

3.82 ± 0.31

4.62 ± 0.40

4.67 ± 0.28

F _2,9 = 2.9263,

[pg cell⁻¹]

33

4.74 ± 0.46

4.23 ± 0.38

5.57 ± 0.35

p = 0.1049

SOD

25

389.6 ± 25.7

453.8 ± 48.8

541.0 ± 33.4

F _2,9 = 1.7356,

[nU cell⁻¹]

33

486.3 ± 44.4

437.9 ± 37.9

594.1 ± 34.3

p = 0.2304

APX

25

2.01 ± 0.22

2.23 ± 0.26

2.31 ± 0.22

F _2,9 = 4.2666,

[nU cell⁻¹]

33

2.17 ± 0.24

2.14 ± 0.25

2.99 ± 0.29

p = 0.0497*

KatG

25

17.43 ± 3.69

15.11 ± 2.93

13.77 ± 1.95

F _2,9 = 0.7105,

[nU cell⁻¹]

33

19.86 ± 2.58

20.74 ± 3.34

19.45 ± 2.30

p = 0.5170