Table 3.
Behavioural Parameter | Statistically significant | Summary |
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Spatial Distribution | Yes | Lobsters used the full available space in both enclosures, and they spent most of their time at the ends of the enclosure. However, they spent more time in the central space of the treatment enclosure and had a different pattern of distribution compared with the control enclosure. This difference in distribution pattern was consistent regardless of the sequence of release into the enclosures. There was no indication that this pattern was related to zones of high (>52.6 µT) or low (<49.7 µT) EMF. |
Total Distance Travelled (per day) | No | There were no significant differences in the total distance travelled by lobsters when compared between the control and treatment enclosures. |
Speed of Movement | No | There were no significant differences in the speed of movement by lobsters when compared between the control and treatment enclosures. |
Proportion of Large Turns | Yes | The lobsters exhibited a higher proportion of large turns in their direction of travel at the enclosure that they went to second in the sequence, and this observation was most pronounced at the treatment enclosure when it was second in the sequence. There was however, no indication that the increased proportion of large turns was associated with high (>52.6 µT) or low (<49.7 µT) EMF. |
Height from Seabed | Yes | The lobsters at the treatment enclosure were found to be significantly, but marginally closer to the seabed however there was no indication that this was associated with zones of high or low EMF. |
The findings from multiple statistical analyses are drawn together to summarise the findings of the changes in behaviour that were found when comparing the behaviour of lobsters between the two enclosures (control and treatment).