Table 1. Characteristics of the experimental nauplii and their repositioning jumps and swimming.

		No. BC’s per jump		Total jump dist.	Initial turn characteristics			Power stroke delay, ms		Recovery stroke delay, ms		Beat phase duration
Species	BL, µm	average	Range	BL’s	occur., %	durat., ms	angle, deg.	Md→A2	A2→A1	Md→A2	A2→A1	ms	% of total BC
T.l., jump	97–382	2.8±1.9	1–9	*range: 1–16	56	6.7±0.7	**range: 11–58	1.1±0.4	3.0±0.5	0.3±0.5	0.7±0.4	9.1±1.1	80.5±4.0
T.l, swim	149–357	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	ca. 12	ca.12	ca.12	ca.12	14.2±2.4	57.2±8.1
O.d., jump	86–174	3.8±1.3	2–8	4.2±0.2	26	5.1±0.9	49.2±8.9	1.3±0.4	1.0±0.2	0.4±0.2	0.9±0.2	5.0±0.6	77.4±3.0
A.t., jump	117–337	2.0±1.1	1–7	2.0±1.1	0	n.a.	n.a.	0.5±0.3	2.0±0.3	0.0±0.1	1.8±0.6	11.4±2.6	72.2±4.6

T.l.: Temora longicornis, O.d.: Oithona davisae, A.t.: Acartia tonsa, BL: body length, BC: beat cycle,, A1: antennules, A2: antennae, Md: mandibles, n.a.: not applicable. Values are given ± SD. *Log(TJD) = −0.98Log(BL_mm) –0.17 (n = 53, r² = 0.35, p<000.1),

^**Log(ANG)  = −0.57Log(BL_mm) +1.12 (n = 40, r² = 0.56, p<0.0001), TJD: total jump distance, ANG: angle of initial turn.