Graph of the relationship between target temperatures in this experiment (28, 30, 32, 34, and 36°C) vs. the actual measured temperature values.

<p>Means and 95% confidence limits shown. Each mean is a grand mean of 360 values measured over 10 trials (n_i = 36) for each temperature. Values plotted for the three alcyonacean soft coral species encompassed in this experiment: • = <i>Sarchophyton ehrenbergi</i>, ○ = <i>Sinularia lochomodes</i>, and ▾ = <i>Xenia elongata</i>. Points overlay each other. 95% confidence limits are so small that they are difficult to discern and are obscured by the points, indicating that experimental temperartures were close to target values and precise.