Figure 7
From: Stress physiology and weapon integrity of intertidal mantis shrimp under future ocean conditions
Cuticle mechanical properties.
Box plots (box boundaries = the 25th and 75th quartiles, error bars = 1.5 times the interquartile distance, center line = median, diamond = mean) of (a,b) hardness and (c,d) elastic modulus (i.e. stiffness) of the (a,c) carapace and (b,d) merus show that the mechanical properties of the merus are maintained over time across treatments, but the carapace increased in hardness and elastic modulus (stiffness) across treatments between the three- and six-month exposure periods (N = 111). Black dots represent outliers from the box plots that were included in the analyses.
