Table 1:

Measurements of umbilical scars and body size of neonatal blacktip reef sharks to track healing

Time elasped (days)	Shark body measurements and calculations					Scar measurements and calculations
	FL (cm)	TL (cm)	Bm (g)	Condition Bm × (FL3)−1 × 100	Condition Bm × (TL3)−1 × 100	Area (cm)	Perimeter (cm)	Circularity	Aspect ratio	Roundness
0	47.00 ± 1.05	59.50 ± 1.16	962.50 ± 76.10	0.92 ± 0.03	0.45 ± 0.02	0.0278 ± 0.0123	1.1643 ± 0.1724	0.2903 ± 0.1079	9.0370 ± 2.9684	0.2233 ± 0.0894
6						0.0081 ± 0.0030	0.9989 ± 0.2472	0.1799 ± 0.0935	9.9269 ± 2.2053	0.1544 ± 0.0671
12						0.0058 ± 0.0029	0.9249 ± 0.1667	0.1027 ± 0.0517	21.7497 ± 8.7327	0.1033 ± 0.0348
18						0.0028 ± 0.0014	0.3827 ± 0.1629	0.0180 ± 0.0140	2.8724 ± 1.1238	0.1558 ± 0.0610
24	47.63 ± 1.09*	59.63 ± 1.23	1068.75 ± 102.49	0.97 ± 0.04	0.49 ± 0.03	0.0018 ± 0.0014	0.1294 ± 0.1002	0.1479 ± 0.1146	1.0477 ± 0.8116	0.1061 ± 0.0822
Correlation						−0.5080	−0.6430	−0.3500	−0.1530	−0.2480
P-value						0.0113	0.0007	0.0939	0.4740	0.2420
Significance						*	***	NS	NS	NS

Statistical significance is indicated by asterisks (* for P < 0.05, ** for P < 0.01, and *** for P < 0.001). Abbreviation: NS, no significance.