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. 2008 Dec 10;3(12):e3868. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003868

Table 1. Foraging patterns for sponging and TDPD females.

Variable Sponge-Carrier Mean±SE TDPD Mean±SE Z- or t Score p-value
% of time spent foraging 47.2±4.77 35.84±5.24 −1.59 0.110
Duration of foraging bouts (min) 8.50±1.02 9.59±1.26 −0.75 0.446
Mean dive duration (min) 1.58±0.07 1.64±0.11 −1.00 0.316
% of tail-out dives during foraging 83.47±3.43 65.44±5.17 −2.71 0.007
% time in predominant foraging method 45.08±4.91 26.77±5.08 −2.57 0.010
% of foraging time devoted to primary foraging type 96.00±2.05 35.84±4.91 −2.41 0.016
% of bouts devoted to primary foraging type 93.89±2.65 78.09±5.97 −2.19 0.028
% time in deep water when not foraging 93.40±2.44 57.38±7.78 −3.84 <0.001

The last five variables in the table show the degree of specialization exhibited by sponger relative to TDPD females.