Table 2.

Mean diel activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) in the host and in the zooxanthellae, Pearson correlation values (r) between light intensity and enzyme activity

Enzyme activity
r
SOD (U mg-1 protein)CAT (U mg-1 protein)SODCAT
F. favus animal tissue 6.27±0.8 (18) 27.48±5.0 (18) 0.813 0.811 
F. favus zooxanthellae 13.89±3.57 (18) 20.01±8.45 (18) 0.956 0.951 
G. lobata animal tissue 1.38±0.18 (12) 11.36±1.75 (12) 0.987 0.969 
G. lobata zooxanthellae 7.32±1.1 (12) 3.87±0.73 (12) 0.808 0.441 
P. sinuosa animal tissue 1.88±0.23 (18) 5.9±1.02 (18) 0.986 0.594 
P. sinuosa zooxanthellae 3.63±0.52 (18) 3.17±0.4 (18) 0.952 –0.0055 
Enzyme activity
r
SOD (U mg-1 protein)CAT (U mg-1 protein)SODCAT
F. favus animal tissue 6.27±0.8 (18) 27.48±5.0 (18) 0.813 0.811 
F. favus zooxanthellae 13.89±3.57 (18) 20.01±8.45 (18) 0.956 0.951 
G. lobata animal tissue 1.38±0.18 (12) 11.36±1.75 (12) 0.987 0.969 
G. lobata zooxanthellae 7.32±1.1 (12) 3.87±0.73 (12) 0.808 0.441 
P. sinuosa animal tissue 1.88±0.23 (18) 5.9±1.02 (18) 0.986 0.594 
P. sinuosa zooxanthellae 3.63±0.52 (18) 3.17±0.4 (18) 0.952 –0.0055 

Values are means ± s.d. (N).

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