Table 3 Percentage of motile sperm and sperm swimming ability, and sperm morphology of male black-legged kittiwakes
From: Sperm collection in Black-legged Kittiwakes and characterization of sperm velocity and morphology
% Motile | VCL (µm/s) | VAP (µm/s) | VSL (µm/s) | LIN (%) | WOB (%) | PROG (µm) | BCF (Hz) | Head (µm) | Midpiece (µm) | Flagellum (µm) | Total (µm) | Abnormal (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | 0.31 | 133.38 | 121.91 | 103.86 | 84.3 | 90.3 | 878.98 | 8.44 | 10.88 | 4.23 | 55.36 | 70.57 | 73.18 |
SD | 0.15 | 49.99 | 50.51 | 45.37 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 362.81 | 2.23 | 1.11 | 0.77 | 4.67 | 5.07 | 16.75 |
N | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
CVam | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10.7 | 18.9 | 8.5 | 7.4 | – |
% Within-ejaculate variance | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 91.5 | 55.3 | 92.5 | 92.0 | – |
CVwe | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20.9 | 19.5 | 17.2 | 14.2 | – |