Table 2. Ocean acidification effects on sperm speed and percent sperm motility for each male Heliocidaris erythogramma.
Sperm speed (µm s−1) | Percent motility (%) | ||||||
pH | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.1 | |
Male | Site | ||||||
A | 1 | 36.19 | 33.80 | 33.64 | 23.12 | 20.88 | 23.29 |
B | 1 | 37.67 | 36.72 | 36.48 | 36.62 | 35.94 | 46.27 |
C | 1 | 37.11 | 35.72 | 36.47 | 45.13 | 48.34 | 56.16 |
D | 1 | 37.79 | 39.11 | 38.40 | 53.24 | 54.55 | 54.61 |
E | 2 | 35.91 | 37.16 | 38.27 | 26.91 | 22.38 | 32.45 |
F | 2 | 42.85 | 42.12 | 42.87 | 51.21 | 43.08 | 57.13 |
G | 2 | 37.32 | 38.06 | 38.27 | 36.41 | 38.35 | 51.37 |
H | 2 | 44.75 | 44.99 | 44.38 | 43.70 | 45.44 | 51.38 |
I | 2 | 38.33 | 39.66 | 39.44 | 29.96 | 32.84 | 36.63 |
J | 1 | 37.57 | 36.29 | 39.87 | 41.30 | 40.99 | 48.96 |
K | 1 | 40.92 | 42.43 | 41.35 | 59.93 | 62.42 | 64.89 |
L | 1 | 39.29 | 39.61 | 40.34 | 37.64 | 46.39 | 50.70 |
M | 1 | 36.03 | 37.65 | 37.45 | 30.52 | 31.44 | 28.87 |
N | 2 | 39.54 | 40.24 | 38.63 | 58.68 | 65.98 | 66.68 |
O | 2 | 34.67 | 35.95 | 35.99 | 44.32 | 51.03 | 54.79 |
P | 2 | 37.57 | 36.33 | 33.66 | 56.66 | 53.40 | 62.93 |
Q | 2 | 41.18 | 41.32 | 39.19 | 53.23 | 60.35 | 57.81 |
R | 1 | 35.76 | 34.14 | 34.64 | 70.00 | 68.86 | 74.13 |
S | 1 | 41.88 | 41.54 | 38.40 | 45.40 | 53.60 | 56.64 |
mean | 38.56 | 38.60 | 38.33 | 44.58 | 46.25 | 51.50 | |
S.E. | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.36 | 1.08 | 1.17 | 1.10 | |
P between sites | 0.348 | 0.194 | 0.388 | 0.761 | 0.946 | 0.965 |
Significant differences in parameters between sites (P≤0.05) are shown in bold.