Table 2.

Comparison of the fast-start response kinematics of three juvenile damselfishes that have been kept in seawater that has passed over live-healthy coral or dead-degraded coral (Habitat), and then either exposed to either clean seawater or conspecific alarm odours (Cues) within the burst arena just prior to being startled.

Species (df)	Variable	Habitat		Cue		Habitat*Cue
		F	p	F	p	F	p
P. amboinensis	Distance	13.6	<0.001	4.5	0.01	1.8	0.18
1, 75	Speed	14.8	<0.001	6.4	0.01	2.2	0.14
	Max speed	16.7	<0.001	3.2	0.08	6.5	0.01
P. chrysurus	Distance	0.2	0.66	12.8	<0.001	0.04	0.85
1, 74	Speed	0.4	0.51	11.1	0.001	0.2	0.68
	Max speed	1.3	0.27	18.4	<0.001	2.3	0.14
P. wardi	Distance	44.5	<0.001	0.8	0.38	0.2	0.68
1, 77	Speed	27.5	<0.001	0.02	0.89	0.01	0.92
	Max speed	30.3	<0.001	0.004	0.95	0.4	0.55

Damselfish belong to the genus Pomacentrus. Results show the outcome of two-factor ANOVA’s on three kinematic variables: response distance (m), speed (m/s) and maximum speed (m/s). Bold values are significant at 0.05.