Figure 8

Schematic representation of the experimental design. After a 14 days-acclimatization step at 28°C (D-14 to D1, blue line), the stressed set (yellow to red line) was submitted to a gradual water temperature increase of one degree every 3 days until 32°C was reached (D3, D6, D9, D12, and D15). This last temperature was maintained until corals bleached (D18). In parallel, the control set (green line) was maintained at 28°C all along the experiment. Sampling times are indicated by arrows. Three nubbins were sampled for each time of the kinetic and each treatment.