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

Table 4. Modelled (FSRmod) and observed (FSRobs) fertilization success for each urchin pair under acidified conditions (pH 7.6 and 7.8), and parameters from Control observations (pH 8.1) used in modelling FSRmod at lowered pH levels.

pH 7.6 7.8 8.1
Pair/Male FSRmod (%) FSRobs (%) FSRmod (%) FSRobs (%) FSR50 Control (%) F 50 Control (sperm µl−1)
A no data
B 26.46 63.92 25.33 50.38 28.95 1258.93
C 36.21 47.93 55.81 47.19 47.76 1584.89
D 23.25 10.46 24.45 12.95 24.94 4466.84
E 41.34 45.80 43.21 62.59 37.03 3162.28
F 51.59 24.21 50.45 37.27 49.74 7943.28
G 41.55 44.83 42.74 46.93 48.98 2511.89
H 38.78 61.78 39.09 51.80 47.37 22387.21
I 41.52 9.05 43.45 7.11 42.03 251.19
J 3.74 30.15 3.50 2.47 31.94 398.11
K 38.95 71.08 41.06 53.18 48.64 22387.21
L 40.78 64.17 41.26 60.09 48.06 10000.00
M 28.60 40.79 30.54 35.49 34.61 2511.89
N 52.12 47.55 53.29 53.32 48.81 3981.07
O 35.89 43.26 37.83 43.39 42.95 10000.00
P 43.72 28.96 41.66 52.20 49.88 50118.72
Q 49.49 22.29 49.71 41.97 48.26 8912.51
R 50.57 54.19 47.54 63.00 46.58 15848.93
S 54.44 76.84 53.87 49.54 50.77 2238.72
mean 38.83 43.74 40.27 42.83 43.18 9442.43
S.E. 2.93 4.68 3.02 4.24 1.91 2898.53

FSR50 Control = 50% of maximum fertilization success in Controls; F 50 Control = sperm concentration that generates 50% of maximum fertilization success in Controls. Sperm data from each male in Table 2 were used in modelling FSRmod. No females were spawned for male A.