Water quality parameters for the different temperatures and nutrient enrichment (low in white, medium in light grey and high in dark grey) at the start of each experiment.

Values shown are means and standard deviations. Number of replicates: 2 per water quality factor and treatment for Experiments 1 and 2, 18 per treatment for Experiment 3 at 27°C, and 6 per treatment for Experiment 3 at 30 and 32°C temperature. Ranges from seawater values from the inshore of the Great Barrier Reef are added for comparison [53].