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Table 2.

Summary swim-speed statistics for five leatherback sea turtles monitored during one internesting interval at St Croix, US Virgin Island

		Speed (ms^-1)
Turtle number	Number of 20 s sampling intervals	Mean	S.D.	Median	Modal	Maximum
2	58992	0.70	0.21	0.67	0.68	2.1
4	38898	0.63	0.23	0.68	0.66	2.0
5	39029	0.55	0.18	0.58	0.56	1.9
6	50577	0.67	0.32	0.78	0.84	2.6
7	29694	0.53	0.17	0.56	0.56	2.8
All data	217199	0.63	0.24	0.66	0.67	2.8

		Speed (ms^-1)
Turtle number	Number of 20 s sampling intervals	Mean	S.D.	Median	Modal	Maximum
2	58992	0.70	0.21	0.67	0.68	2.1
4	38898	0.63	0.23	0.68	0.66	2.0
5	39029	0.55	0.18	0.58	0.56	1.9
6	50577	0.67	0.32	0.78	0.84	2.6
7	29694	0.53	0.17	0.56	0.56	2.8
All data	217199	0.63	0.24	0.66	0.67	2.8