Table 1. Comparison of single light organ open/closed times for luminous and non-luminous A. katoptron.
day* | night | feeding | |||||
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luminous | non-luminous | luminous | non-luminous | luminous | non-luminous | ||
closed [s] | min. | 0.033 | 0.045 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.045 |
mean | 5.549 | 9.649 | 0.41 | 0.523 | 0.149 | 0.558 | |
max. | 198.37 | 92.36 | 8.4 | 6 | 3.12 | 3.28 | |
± SEM | 0.179 | 0.493 | 0.005 | 0.078 | 0.033 | 0.005 | |
open [s] | min. | 0.018 | 0.448 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
mean | 0.917 | 0.586 | 0.383 | 0.318 | 1.602 | 0.332 | |
max. | 17.88 | 7.6 | 5.68 | 2.8 | 36,32 | 2.24 | |
± SEM | 0.018 | 0.023 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.009 | 0.025 |
min., minimum time; max., maximum time; mean, mean value; SEM, standard error of the mean
*synopsis of 3 light levels (dl i1-dl i3)