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. 2012 Oct 24;7(10):e47486. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047486

Figure 4. Distance travelled per beat as function of body length (BL) in nauplii.

Figure 4

Regression lines are power laws fitted to the data. A) Body length specific net distance per beat cycle (DBC). Blue circles, T. longicornis: Log(DBC) = −0.54Log(BL) –0.27 (r2 = 0.58, p<0.0001, n = 63); red circles, O. davisae (slope  = −0.07, p = 0.29, n = 82); green circles, A. tonsa (slope  = 0.12, p = 0.25, n = 59); blue triangles, swimming T. longicornis (slope  = 0.01, p = 0.94, n = 36), B) Body length specific distances for the beat (DBP) and recovery (DRP) phases. Blue circles, T. longicornis beat phase (slope  = −0.61, r2 = 0.70, p<0.0001, n = 63); blue squares, T. longicornis recovery phase (slope  = −1.77, r2 = 0.54, p<0.0001, n = 63); red circles, O. davisae beat phase (slope  = −0.16, r2 = 0.03, p = 0.08, n = 81); red squares, O. davisae recovery phase (slope  = −0.86, r2 = 0.11, p = 0.001, n = 81); green circles, A. tonsa beat phase (slope  = −0.17, r2 = 0.09, p = 0.006, n = 59); green squares, A. tonsa recovery phase (slope  = −1.14, r2 = 0.70, p<0.0001, n = 58), C) Swimming T. longicornis, body length specific distances for the beat (DBP) and recovery phases (DRP). Blue triangles, beat phase: Log(DBP)  = −0.82Log(BL) –1.56 (r2 = 0.22, n = 36, p = 0.005); cyan triangles, recovery phase: Log(DRP)  = −1.47Log(BL) –2.32 (r2 = 0.36, n = 36, p<0.0001).