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. 2021 Nov 3;11(22):16250–16265. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8306

TABLE 3.

Descriptive statistics of sediment grain sizes produced by different parrotfish size classes

Species Size class D10 (µm) D50 (µm) D90 (µm) Sorting (σ)
C. s <15 cm 88.46 567.9 1310.4 2.614
16–30 cm 78.28 340.4 1203.4 2.910
31–45 cm 83.09 515.6 1207.9 2.609
>46 cm N/A N/A N/A N/A
C. st <15 cm 88.46 567.9 1310.4 2.614
16–30 cm 80.27 509.8 1214.0 2.657
31–45 cm 133.4 512.1 1188.1 2.455
>46 cm 83.88 531.4 1254.1 2.637
S. f <15 cm 75.18 281.2 1052.3 2.590
16–30 cm 76.25 306.7 1121.4 2.624
31–45 cm 87.21 515.1 1357.4 2.721
>46 cm 88.30 515.5 1205.7 2.546
S. n <15 cm 75.79 302.2 1124.4 2.634
16–30 cm 79.04 353.1 1240.9 2.704
31–45 cm 78.03 308.0 1080.7 2.570
>46 cm N/A N/A N/A N/A
S. p <15 cm 149.3 549.9 1211.1 2.179
16–30 cm 76.69 333.1 1133.8 2.627
31–45 cm N/A N/A N/A N/A
>46 cm N/A N/A N/A N/A
S. r <15 cm 150.7 578.1 1250.2 2.212
16–30 cm 81.82 350.9 1146.0 2.562
31–45 cm 145.4 575.7 1272.1 2.242
>46 cm 135.5 565.9 1283.0 2.504

C. s – Chlorurus sordidus, C. st – Chlorurus strongylocephalus, S. f – Scarus frenatus, S. n – Scarus niger, S. p – Scarus psittacus, S. r – Scarus rubroviolaceus.