Table 2. Net methane consumption rates of live S. crosnieri individuals at hydrostatic pressures of 0.1 and 12.0 MPa during continuous-flow incubation.

Specimen n no.	Pressure (MPa)	Methane consumption rate (μmol h−1)		Net methane consumption rate
		With individuala	Without individuala	(μmol h−1 per individual)	(μmol h−1 g−1 of wet individual)	(μmol h−1 g−1 of setae)
1	0.1	3.12±0.10	1.01	2.11±0.10	0.17±0.008	28.7±1.4
	12.0	2.24±0.16	0.22	2.02±0.16	0.16±0.013	27.5±2.2
2	0.1	2.46±0.13	1.01	1.45±0.13	0.10±0.009	25.3±2.3
	12.0	1.86±0.01	0.22	1.64±0.01	0.12±0.001	28.6±0.2
3	0.1	2.64±0.36	1.01	1.63±0.36	0.16±0.035	27.6±6.1
	12.0	1.84±0.09	0.22	1.62±0.09	0.16±0.009	27.5±1.5

^aAll methane consumption rates were measured at 5-min intervals during incubation and determined using steady-state data. They are expressed as the mean±s.d.