Table 3. Comparison of the acoustic features of submissive sounds between individuals of the same social rank but from different groups of Amphiprion frenatus.
Acoustic variables | Social rank | H | p-value |
Dominant frequency (Hz) | 2 | 108.4 | <0.0001 |
3 | 42.11 | <0.0001 | |
4 | 49.54 | <0.0001 | |
Pulse duration (ms) | 2 | 79.16 | <0.0001 |
3 | 37.72 | <0.0001 | |
4 | 139.0 | <0.0001 | |
Pulse period (ms) | 2 | 121.5 | <0.0001 |
3 | 35.13 | <0.0001 | |
4 | 64.19 | <0.0001 | |
Sound duration (ms) | 2 | 6.418 | 0.0404 |
3 | 15.18 | 0.0005 | |
4 | 10.27 | 0.0059 | |
Sound period (ms) | 2 | 9.995 | 0.0068 |
3 | 22.80 | <0.0001 | |
4 | 12.31 | 0.0021 |
H values are the result of the Kruskal-Wallis test (df = 2, n = 300). n, number of pulses analyzed.