Molecular-scale response variables (MSRV).

Although 12 quantitative (10 MSRV+2 size parameters) and two categorical (color and polyp expansion) response variables were assessed for each of 88 of the 115 pocilloporid colonies sampled herein, only the 10 MSRV were hypothesized to be useful in assigning a level of aberrancy to the sampled colonies. Statistically significant findings (student’s t-test of outlier vs. non-outlier, p<0.05) have been underlined. One Symbiodinium (zifl1l) and two host coral mRNAs (cu-zn-sod and gfp-cp) were found to be significantly higher in outliers than non-outliers in both the Fiji and Tonga datasets.