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. 2017 Jan 12;7:40385. doi: 10.1038/srep40385

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)
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).