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. 2015 Aug 11;3:e1172. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1172

Table 1. Variables describing the feeding process in Manouria emys, present as means ± SD; n, sample size.

Abbreviations in Appendix S1.

Food uptake (FU) Transport (T) I vs. T
Variable Individual 1 Individual 2 Individual 3 p1 Individual 1 Individual 2 Individual 3 p2 p3
(n = 8) (n = 8) (n = 8) (n = 33) (n = 20) (n = 21)
SOI duration (s) 0.168 ± 0.060 0.618 ± 0.231 0.562 n.c. 0.146 ± 0.016 0.126 ± 0.014 0.115 ± 0.015 0.378 0.068
n = 2 n = 3 n = 1 n = 18 n = 14 n = 11
SOII duration (s) 0.738 ± 0.508 0.453 ± 0.294 1.024 n.c. 0.147 ± 0.014 0.187 ± 0.027 0.190 ± 0.021 0.187 0.072
n = 2 n = 3 n = 1 n = 18 n = 13 n = 11
FO duration (s) 0.450 ± 0.060 0.379 ± 0.150 0.694 n.c. 0.122 ± 0.009 0.126 ± 0.012 0.102 ± 0.006 0.111 0.011*
n = 2 n = 3 n = 1 n = 25 n = 15 n = 19
MG duration (s) 0.079 ± 0.017 0.095 ± 0.031 0.166 ± 0.044 0.271 0.025 ± 0.003 0.033 ± 0.004 0.042 ± 0.019 0.318 0.001*
n = 4 n = 4 n = 6 n = 6 n = 10 n = 4
FC duration (s) 0.157 ± 0.079 0.105 ± 0.036 0.158 ± 0.030 0.024* 0.089 ± 0.020 0.186 ± 0.040 0.119 ± 0.088 0.155 0.010*
n = 8 n = 8 n = 8 n = 33 n = 20 n = 21
TPG (s) 0.943 ± 0.144 0.989 ± 0.177 1.784 ± 0.137 0.002* 0.408 ± 0.021 0.439 ± 0.038 0.403 ± 0.028 0.187 <0.001*
n = 8 n = 8 n = 8 n = 33 n = 20 n = 21
TCD duration (s) 1.139 ± 0.148 1.128 ± 0.169 2.073 ± 0.144 0.001* 0.499 ± 0.020 0.655 ± 0.098 0.510 ± 0.030 0.311 <0.001*
n = 8 n = 8 n = 8 n = 33 n = 20 n = 21
HDD duration (s) 0.281 ± 0.025 0.216 ± 0.035 0.169 ± 0.019 0.005*
n = 30 n = 14 n = 21
HVD duration (s) 0.176 ± 0.011 0.167 ± 0.014 0.149 ± 0.009 0.162
n = 31 n = 17 n = 21
THC duration (s) 0.456 ± 0.028 0.384 ± 0.041 0.317 ± 0.022 0.002*
n = 30 n = 14 n = 21
HRV velocity (cm/s) 0.718 ± 0.059 0.938 ± 0.107 0.551 ± 0.071 0.016*
n = 31 n = 17 n = 21
HP duration (s) 1.345 ± 0.159 1.204 ± 0.246 2.494 ± 0.177 0.001* 0.220 ± 0.049 0.864 ± 0.132 0.464 ± 0.089 0.001* <0.001*
n = 8 n = 8 n = 8 n = 32 n = 14 n = 10
HR duration (s) 0.296 ± 0.041 0.487 ± 0.086 0.704 ± 0.174 0.052 0.236 ± 0.027 0.211 ± 0.025 0.316 ± 0.065 0.333 0.002*
n = 8 n = 7 n = 8 n = 14 n = 13 n = 10
TP duration (s) 0.165 ± 0.008 0.160 ± 0.017 0.133 ± 0.025 0.483
n = 30 n = 19 n = 13
TR velocity (cm/s) 7.459 ± 0.550 5.798 ± 0.547 6.562 ± 0.595 0.121
n = 31 n = 20 n = 13
Delay of HVD start relative to TR start (s) −0.2011 ± 0.026 −0.039 ± 0.231 −0.082 ± 0.025 0.005*
n = 30 n = 15 n = 14
Delay of TPG relative to HVD start (s) −0.007 ± 0.007 −0.016 ± 0.008 −0.032 ± 0.005 0.014*
n = 31 n = 17 n = 21
Delay of TPG relative to TR start (s) −0.062 ± 0.007 −0.045 ± 0.013 −0.055 ± 0.008 0.521
n = 31 n = 20 n = 14

Notes.

*

Significant differences (α = 0.05) among individuals in the ingestion phase (P1), in the transport phase (P2), and between both mode (P3); n.c., p value not calculated.