Research Article

Variation in Righting Times of Holothuria atra, Stichopus chloronotus, and Holothuria edulis in Response to Increased Seawater Temperatures on Heron Reef in the Southern GBR

Table 1

Summary statistics for body length, body mass, and the righting times at the three experimental temperatures for the three species. Given are the means ± standard deviations.

SpeciesH. atraH. edulisS. chloronotus

Body length (cm)16.81 ± 3.83018.50 ± 5.50716.88 ± 2.986
Body mass (kg)1.38 ± 0.6121.13 ± 0.6121.63 ± 0.495
Righting time (s) at 23°C97.10 ± 42.91576.42 ± 40.37778.65 ± 39.237
Righting time (s) at 29°C53.83 ± 20.33283.66 ± 51.08851.51 ± 26.186
Righting time (s) at 33°C59.97 ± 22.44299.29 ± 64.95372.19 ± 27.489