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Table 2 Frequency of occurrence, total time allocation, and average duration of activities, separated for surface and subsurface observations

From: Behaviour and time allocation of the mud shrimp, Corophium volutator, during the tidal cycle: a laboratory study

 

Activity

Frequency of occurrence (%) (n = ind. where behaviour was observed)

Total time spent (%)

Average duration ± SD (s)

Surface survey (total n = 443)

Invisible

62.5 (n = 417)

86.9

276 ± 62

Surface inactivity

6.4 (n = 43)

3.9

119 ± 91

Surface crawl

10.2 (n = 68)

6.6

128 ± 81

Swim

1.3 (n = 9)

0.8

120 ± 141

Scrape

16.0 (n = 107)

1.3

16 ± 15

Flush

3.4 (n = 23)

0.6

22 ± 21

Subsurface survey (total n = 152)

Subsurface inactivity

37.4 (n = 108)

51.4

217 ± 105

Ventilate and filter feed

33.6 (n = 97)

43.8

206 ± 103

Subsurface walk

27 (n = 78)

4.4

26 ± 25

Bulldoze

2.1 (n = 6)

0.4

34 ± 22