Physical and chemical characteristics of the coral reef mesocosms before, during, and after experiments.

All values represent mean ± standard error (n = 3). Exp. 1: inorganic sediment enrichment, Exp. 2: organic sediment enrichment, Exp. 3: sediment and nutrient enrichment, a priori contrasts between control and treatment mesocosms were compared with student’s t-tests*p **p ***p C = control mesocosms, IS = inorganic sediment-enriched mesocosms, OS = organic sediment-enriched mesocosms, ES = nutrient and sediment-enriched mesocosms, EC = nutrient-enriched mesocosms, nd = not determined.Physical and chemical characteristics of the coral reef mesocosms before, during, and after experiments.