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Table 1 Average values of weighted mean depth (WMD) and the percentage of the population at the surface during day and night for female (total, ovigerous, and non-ovigerous) and male P. concinna , Acrocalanus , Paracalanus and Parvocalanus , and Canthocalanus copepodites

From: The seasonal distribution, diel vertical distribution and feeding behavior of Paraeuchaeta concinna in the shallow subtropical coastal waters of eastern Hong Kong

 

WMD (m)

% of population at the surface (0–5 m)

 

Day

Night

p

Day

Night

p

Female P. concinna

16.8 (±1.3)

12.8 (±3.1)

<0.05

6.1 (±2.8)

38.3 (±12.1)

<0.01

Ovigerous

17.2 (±1.9)

12.9 (±3.2)

<0.05

4.1 (±5.6)

37.3 (±14.5)

<0.01

Non-ovigerous

16.9 (±1.4)

13.3 (±3.1)

<0.05

6.1 (±7.4)

33.4 (±9.6)

<0.01

Male P. concinna

16.0 (±1.4)

12.9 (±3.1)

<0.05

15.5 (±16.4)

40.6 (±20.7)

<0.05

Acrocalanus

9.8 (±3.4)

10.5 (±2.9)

 

55.8 (±23.6)

54.0 (±16.7)

 

Paracalanus and Parvocalanus

9.9 (±1.1)

10.3 (±7.2)

 

56.6 (±6.1)

54.2 (±11.1)

 

Canthocalanus copepodites

15.5 (±0.8)

12.2 (±13.4)

 

21.8 (±7.6)

41.2 (±11.5)

<0.05

  1. Student’s t-test was used to test for the presence of diel vertical migration.