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Table 1 Main characteristics (mean ± standard deviation) of topshells and activities according to site and size

From: Circadian behaviour of Tectus (Trochus) niloticus in the southwest Pacific inferred from accelerometry

 

New Caledonia

Vanuatu

 

Total

Large

Small

Total

Large

Small

Specimens

N Topshell

10

9

1

8

4

4

Bd

 

120; 121.6

72.1

108.9 ± 25.9

132.3 ± 9.2

85.5 ± 5.1

Activity (per specimen)

24-h

414 ± 101

335 ± 85

484 ± 94

443 ± 151

327 ± 118

560 ± 66

Night

393 ± 98

319 ± 85

449 ± 99

429 ± 145

320 ± 119

539 ± 60

Dawn

1 ± 3

0 ± 1

2 ± 2

2 ± 5

0 ± 1

4 ± 6

Day

7 ± 11

5 ± 7

15 ± 13

9 ± 13

5 ± 4

14 ± 17

Dusk

13 ± 6

10 ± 5

17 ± 7

1 ± 2

2 ± 3

1 ± 2

Movement duration (min)

D/ 24-hour

131 ± 50

89 ± 25

188 ± 54

178 ± 103

88 ± 38

269 ± 53

  1. Specimens were defined by number (NTopshell) and Bd (mm). Specimens are considered as small when Bd < 100 mm or as large when Bd > 100 mm. Activities were defined as the average number of movements per individual