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Table 4 Residence times in different states

From: Pseudodiaptomus marinus Sato, 1913, a new invasive copepod in Lake Faro (Sicily): observations on the swimming behaviour and the sex-dependent responses to food

 

Breaking (mean ± SD) (s)

Cruising (mean ± SD) (s)

Jumping (mean ± SD) (s)

Filtered water

  Males

0.12 ± 0.79

0.08 ± 0.08

0.05 ± 0.02

  Females

0.23 ± 0.91

0.06 ± 0.04

0.04 ± 0.02

  Ovigerous f.

0.20 ± 1.36

0.07 ± 0.06

0.06 ± 0.05

Food

  Males

0.10 ± 0.12

0.08 ± 0.07

0.04 ± 0.02

  Females

0.14 ± 0.39

0.07 ± 0.05

0.05 ± 0.03

  Ovigerous f.

0.11 ± 0.11

0.07 ± 0.06

0.03 ± 0.02

  1. Symbolic analysis: residence times in seconds of each reproductive stage in each possible state in case of filtered water and in case of food in excess.