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. 2012 Mar 14;7(3):e31311. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031311

Table 5. Number and frequency (% within parentheses) of a variable being found significant out of the total number of significant findings for behaviour (nā€Š=ā€Š151) or survival (nā€Š=ā€Š66).

Study focus
Category Variable Behaviour Survival
Environmental Temperature 27 (17.9) 6 (9.1)
Depth 16 (10.6) 1 (1.5)
Diel Effects 16 (10.6) 0 (0)
Tide 15 (9.9) 0 (0)
Current 8 (5.3) 0 (0)
Salinity 7 (4.6) 2 (3)
Productivity 2 (1.3) 3 (4.5)
River Discharge 4 (2.6) 3 (4.5)
Physiological Reproductive State 2 (1.3) 2 (3)
Stress Hormones 0 (0) 1 (1.5)
Ionoregulatory State 0 (0) 3 (4.5)
Energetic Status 3 (2) 1 (1.5)
Other Fish Size 16 (10.6) 15 (22.7)
Stock 16 (10.6) 14 (21.2)
Sex 2 (1.3) 1 (1.5)
Release Date 4 (2.6) 4 (6.1)
Release Location 2 (1.3) 3 (4.5)
Trophic Effects 5 (3.3) 1 (1.5)
Fisheries 1 (0.7) 4 (6.1)
Predation 5 (3.3) 2 (3)
Total 151 (100) 66 (100)

Note that the table is based on studies focusing solely on behaviour or survival, but not both.