Research Article

Assessing Reliability for Quantifying Social Interactions among Crayfish

Table 1

Ranking and behavior descriptions used.

RankingBehavior description

1No fighting
2Threat displays with no claw contact
3Claw lock, where both animals contested the encounter and at least one animal used its claws to grab its opponent
4Strike and rip, where both animals contested the encounter and at least one animal made unrestrained use of the claws