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Table 2 Prey size selection. N. eaten total number of prey eaten. SC1 eaten number of small size class prey eaten. SC2 eaten number of large size class prey eaten

From: Consumption rates and prey preference of the invasive gastropod Rapana venosa in the Northern Adriatic Sea

Species

A. inaequivalvis

T. philippinarum

M. galloprovincialis

N. eaten

196

48

36

SC1 eaten

193

46

15

SC2 eaten

3

2

21

ANOVA

Size

F = 48.3; P<0.05*

F = 31.4; P<0.05

F = 1.5; P>0.05

Cage

F = 1.1; P>0.05

F = 1.4; P>0.05

F=1.5; P<0.05

  1. Two-ways ANOVA results, with asterisk indicating significant differences amongst cages and prey dimensions (size)