Fig. 2. Two three-dimensional examples of male ostracod displays, showing
luminescence, swimming patterns and speeds. (A) Close-up of the first seven
pulses of a display. (B) Example of an entire display. In the stationary phase
males swim slower than when in the helical phase (see also
Table 2,
Fig. 4D and
Fig. 5). Data points are every
67 ms. Large blue circles indicate the location of each luminescent pulse. The
color of the small spheres indicates the swimming speed of the ostracod at
that given point in time. The z-axis is in centimeters from the top of the
tank, the x-axis is the distance from the left side of the tank, and the
y-axis is the distance in depth from the first data point.