Table 3. Swimming activities (means ± s.d., n = 5) of Daphnia magna under four norfloxacin concentrations (0, 25, 50 and 100 mg L−1).
| Exposure time | Treatment | Time distribution (s) |
Swimming velocity (cm/s) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quiescent status | Horizontal move | Upward swimming | Downward swimming | Horizontal move | Upward swimming | Downward swimming | ||
| 4 hour | 0 mg L−1 | 87.6 ± 46.0c | 188.4 ± 38.0a | 20.6 ± 7.9a | 21.6 ± 6.5a | 0.63 ± 0.08a | 0.47 ± 0.08a | 0.70 ± 0.27a |
| 25 mg L−1 | 118.4 ± 20.6c | 155.6 ± 14.5a | 22.2 ± 8.2a | 19.8 ± 9.5a | 0.71 ± 0.22a | 0.34 ± 0.12a | 0.66 ± 0.27a | |
| 50 mg L−1 | 180.8 ± 21.2b | 107.4 ± 21.5b | 22.6 ± 5.9a | 24.8 ± 7.9a | 0.60 ± 0.19a | 0.30 ± 0.07a | 0.52 ± 0.30a | |
| 100 mg L−1 | 238.6 ± 21.0a | 56.6 ± 17.9c | 31.0 ± 11.3a | 26.2 ± 7.7a | 0.50 ± 0.12a | 0.27 ± 0.14a | 0.54 ± 0.24a | |
| 12 hour | 0 mg L−1 | 61.4 ± 38.8c | 202.6 ± 17.5a | 28.4 ± 11.7a | 26.6 ± 7.6a | 0.44 ± 0.16a | 0.44 ± 0.23a | 0.55 ± 0.15a |
| 25 mg L−1 | 128.0 ± 35.0b | 148.0 ± 19.0b | 29.8 ± 16.7a | 30.2 ± 13.7a | 0.49 ± 0.10a | 0.49 ± 0.34a | 0.41 ± 0.13a | |
| 50 mg L−1 | 196.6 ± 19.7a | 99.4 ± 13.1c | 30.4 ± 7.4a | 31.6 ± 10.2a | 0.49 ± 0.19a | 0.37 ± 0.07a | 0.44 ± 0.30a | |
| 100 mg L−1 | 220.6 ± 12.3a | 50.2 ± 13.5d | 32.6 ± 15.7a | 34.2 ± 21.0a | 0.43 ± 0.15a | 0.49 ± 0.28a | 0.41 ± 0.21a | |
Different letters indicate significant differences among the four norfloxacin concentrations (P < 0.05).