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. 2022 May 7;12:7499. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-11026-w

Table 2.

Proportions of elements, radular length, area, quantity of tooth rows for the species foraging on certain ingesta types.

Parameter Ingesta type
Soft Soft to solid Medium Medium to solid Solid
Mean SD N Mean SD N Mean SD N Mean SD N Mean SD N
Proportions of all elements, atomic % 1.88 2.80 64/64 2.99 2.40 348/348 5.58 6.24 164/164 3.97 2.39 122/122 6.33 12.50 688/688
Radular length, µm 1964.00 241.55 5 5901.28 3945.67 20 7704.29 6710.08 9 20,128.88 2923.74 5 7911.95 8319.09 24
Radular area, µm2 702,397 45,924 5 7,406,442 7,723,878 19 25,206,904 26,887,891 9 15,106,455 6,172,958 5 6,144,306 8,488,474 24
N of tooth rows 59 24 5 92 53 20 62 43 9 241 38 5 97 53 24
Fe-proportion, atomic % 0.00 0.00 0/64 0.00 0.00 0/348 0.00 0.00 0/164 0.34 0.15 62/122 13.69 10.17 120/688
Mg-proportion, atomic % 0.34 0.24 41/64 0.15 0.11 237/348 0.68 0.43 114/164 0.28 0.27 85/122 0.42 0.62 426/688
Ca-proportion, atomic % 3.11 2.49 12/64 1.22 1.27 317/348 3.15 3.22 150/164 1.12 1.03 118/122 1.84 1.80 561/688
P-proportion, atomic % 0.69 0.95 22/64 1.29 1.12 264/348 1.91 2.06 132/164 0.63 0.62 112/122 1.11 1.64 405/688
Cl-proportion, atomic % 0.26 0.43 27/64 0.42 0.41 256/348 0.98 0.27 6/164 0.16 0.18 66/122 0.21 0.15 248/688
F-proportion, atomic % 0.00 0.00 0/64 0.00 0.00 0/348 0.65 0.74 136/164 0.28 0.24 44/122 0.38 0.48 156/688
Si-proportion, atomic % 0.00 0.00 0/64 0.22 0.20 116/348 0.74 0.58 24/164 0.50 0.46 120/122 7.39 10.40 83/688
Cu-proportion, atomic % 0.00 0.00 0/64 0.19 0.12 94/348 0.00 0.00 0/164 0.00 0.00 0/122 0.33 0.17 52/688
S-proportion, atomic % 0.62 1.05

40/

64

0.36 0.25 241/348 0.22 0.20 69/164 0.32 0.20 104/122 0.38 0.52 349/688
Na-proportion, atomic % 0.38 0.28 58/64 0.22 0.22 174/348 0.22 0.31 69/164 0.14 0.12 64/122 0.66 0.70 230/688
K-proportion, atomic % 0.02 0.01 14/64 0.08 0.08 24/348 0.09 0.08 10/164 0.09 0.08 6/122 0.39 0.40 40/688

N, quantity of teeth that contain the element, or quantity of radulae studied.