Table 1. Swimming behavior of ocean sunfish.
Individual | Total | Body | Data | Swimming | Swimming | Mean | Dominant | Vertical movements >2 m | ||||||
length | mass | length | depth (m) | speed (m s−1) | Reynolds | stroke cycle | N | depth change (m) | duration (min) | |||||
(m) | (kg) | (h) | mean | maximum | mean | maximum | number | frequency (Hz) | mean (±SD) | maximum | mean (±SD) | maximum | ||
Mola07A | 0.97 | 48 | 4.2 | 70.1 | 144.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 6.1×105 | 0.56 | 90 | 13.2±19.2 | 87.4 | 2.3±1.8 | 9.5 |
Mola07B | 1.04 | 59 | 4.6 | 47.4 | 117.5 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 5.8×105 | 0.50 | 69 | 13.2±24.5 | 108.4 | 2.2±1.8 | 9.2 |
Mola07C | 1.43 | 153 | 4.9 | 74.7 | 135.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 5.4×105 | 0.31 | 50 | 22.1±20.3 | 79.3 | 4.9±3.3 | 13.6 |
Records during the first three minutes were excluded.