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. 2014 Aug 6;9(8):e99326. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099326

Table 1. Mean ± SE and range in parenthesis of various parameters recorded from Plagioscion squamosissimus under different conditions.

DLW DHW CLW WLW WHW F df p
n of recordings 10 9 10 8 10
n of burst 68 36 107 29 68
Pulses burst−1 6.3±0.5a (2–22) 8.1±0.5a (3–14) 17.8±0.9b (3–62) 24.4±3.3c (9–89) 7.4±0.2a (4–11) 45.8 4,303 <0.001
Burst duration (ms) 143±12a (32–486) 180±12a (63–342) 345±17b (59–1207) 461±61c (158–1622) 148±4a (75–220) 40.3 4,303 <0.001
Pulse duration (ms) 10.1±0.1a (7–14) 6.6±0.1b (3–18) 9.1±0.0c (5–17) 9.1±0.1c (4–16) 7.5±0.1d (4–13) 265.7 4,384 <0.001
Inter-pulse interval (ms) 14.8±0.3a (6–45) 18.5±0.3c (7–38) 10.9±0.1b (3–26) 10.5±0.1b (5–18) 15.2±0.1a (7–25) 579.2 4,353 <0.001
Pulse period (ms) 24.9±0.3a (8–32) 25.1±0.3a (5–45) 20.0±0.0b (8–35) 19.6±0.1b (15–29) 22.7±0.1c (9–32) 433.2 4, 354 <0.001
Pulse rate (pulses s−1) 46.4±0.7a (32–63) 46.3±1.0a (37–63) 51.4±0.2b (45–63) 52.9±0.4b (47–57) 50.1±0.3b (45–55) 24.9 4,303 <0.001
Pulse cycle (ms) 3.4±0.1a (2–5) 3.3±0.0a (2–6) 1.9±0.0b (1–2) 1.9±0.0b (1–2) 2.1±0.1b (1–3) 102.2 4,361 <0.001
Peak frequency (Hz) 260±127a (172–775) 278±20a (172–517) 530±6b (345–689) 547±19b (345–861) 476±16b (172–689) 112.7 4,303 <0.001
Low frequency (Hz) 87±4a (50–215) 122±8a (54–303) 246±6b (108–377) 166±9c (68–306) 185±7c (69–353) 96.6 4,303 <0.001
High frequency (Hz) 967±40a (574–2401) 1019±33a (511–1488) 1427±33b (943–2828) 15525±41b (987–1908) 1152±25a (442–1693) 39.9 4,303 <0.001

DLW: disturbance call low-water, DHW: disturbance high-water, CLW: Cage low-water, WLW: wild low-water and WLW: wild high-water. Different superscript letters indicate means that are significantly different.