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. 2007 Aug 1;274(1624):2385–2391. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0775

Table 2.

Means ±s.e. of penguin swimming and underlying current speeds for all locations of the 43 king penguin trips.

trip phases swimming speed (km h−1) U-test (versus slowing-down episodes) current speed (km h−1) U-test (versus slowing-down episodes)
transit 5.8±4.0 p<0.001 0.23±0.14 p<0.001
central
 slowing-down episodes 3.9±3.6 0.31±0.18
 speed-up episodes 5.7±4.1 p<0.001 0.23±0.13 p<0.001
return 6.4±4.8 p<0.001 0.24±0.14 p<0.001