Table 1. Number of individual swimming paths (N) and related number of successive positions (n) obtained for Temora longicornis adult females and males under conditions of uncontaminated seawater (Control) and seawater contaminated at 0.01%, 0.1% and 1% with the water-soluble fraction of diesel oil.
Control | 0.01% | 0.1% | 1% | |||||
N | n | N | n | N | n | N | n | |
Females | 107 | 120375 | 111 | 132301 | 120 | 149400 | 101 | 120695 |
Males | ||||||||
non-mating | 122 | 173850 | 102 | 157903 | 88 | 132765 | 99 | 166618 |
mating | 41 | 25375 | 32 | 16123 | 28 | 13645 | 39 | 18764 |