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. 2020 Mar 18;15(3):e0221842. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221842

Table 1. Sound duration and peak frequency.

Duration (s) Frequency (Hz)
Sound category Samples Mean SE Min Max Samples Mean peak SE peak Max peak Mean IQR-BW SE IQR-BW
Biophony
FRT 135 3.03 0.34 0.16 31.53 125 1717 102 4969 586 46
Other air movement 1636 0.19 0.01 0.02 13.29 1506 1742 28 10359 607 14
Other fish 1807 0.32 0.03 0.01 32.90 1612 726 9 2625 303 5
Insect-like 631 2.21 0.10 0.02 29.62 238 2820 121 12188 776 94
Bird 57 2.29 0.39 0.11 16.02 54 2912 195 4781 752 79
Surface 197 0.84 0.04 0.06 4.60 188 906 35 3797 414 23
Other biological 362 0.20 0.04 0.01 13.05 325 1811 87 11438 933 56
Subtotal 4825 4048
Anthropophony
Airplane 11 27.58 3.66 14.76 51.18 9 307 130 984 120 24
Fishing 74 2.51 0.57 0.16 32.20 67 1483 230 8344 1133 244
Running boat 57 174.64 18.73 15.37 733.44 45 875 126 4266 1094 333
Idle boat 14 276.66 68.96 14.19 788.62 11 435 162 1406 464 138
Other boat 127 6.97 1.30 0.06 100.62 75 1159 90 3609 523 53
Traffic 1237 7.90 0.26 0.05 132.00 1070 225 19 4594 151 6
Train 22 44.53 29.81 0.06 654.99 5 459 103 563 84 50
Other noise 81 15.70 2.58 0.01 182.91 63 847 99 2906 373 48
Subtotal 1623 1345
Unclassified
Gurgle 313 1.24 0.11 0.09 18.13 296 1108 20 3797 229 10
Bubble-like 105 2.39 0.24 0.06 17.44 88 948 29 2109 222 21
Unknown 416 1.02 0.10 0.01 18.24 334 1616 69 10172 580 44
Subtotal 834 718
Ambient 159 297 34 1875 481 84
Total 7282 6270

Summary statistics for sounds pooled over all samples within sound categories. SE = Standard error of the mean, Min = minimum value, Max = maximum value, peak = frequency of greatest energy, IQR-BW = interquartile bandwidth.