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. 2012 Dec 27;7(12):e53118. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053118

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.