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Table 2 Variability of EOD duration in male control fish (No Treatment) and female M. pongolensis

From: Plasticity of electric organ discharge waveform in the South African Bulldog fish, Marcusenius pongolensis: tradeoff between male attractiveness and predator avoidance?

 

EOD duration first day (μs)

maximum duration (μs)

minimum duration (μs)

No. of observed days

ΔEOD duration min/max in %

F1

384.2 ± 18

405 ± 12.6

361 ± 7.2

120

12.2

F2

360.57 ± 12.3

435.8 ± 13.38

360.57 ± 12.3

114

20.8

M11

440 ± 3.5

441 ± 3.6

413 ± 0.4

35

6.8

M12

348 ± 1.5

358 ± 2.1

329 ± 2.5

35

8.8

M13

435.7 ± 1.9

439 ± 1.1

420 ± 1.7

21

4.5

M14

324 ± 1.7

343 ± 292

322 ± 0.78

21

6.5

F3

379 ± 2.0

387.8 ± 2.4

322.4 ± 0.8

35

20

  1. Mean EOD duration ± SD, N = 5.