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Table 6 Chasmagnathus granulatus

From: Seasonal and interpopulational variability in fecundity, egg size, and elemental composition (CHN) of eggs and larvae in a grapsoid crab, Chasmagnathus granulatus

Variable

Factor

df effect

MS effect

df error

MS error

F

P-level

Proportion of C lost

Population

1

0.02313

32

0.00104

22.064

0.00004*

Time

1

0.00678

32

0.00104

6.475

0.0159*

Population × time

1

0.00001

32

0.00104

0.0005

0.9823

Proportion of N lost

Population

1

0.00409

32

0.00134

3.0506

0.0902

Time

1

0.00013

32

0.00134

0.1019

0.7512

Population × time

1

0.00453

32

0.00134

3.3840

0.0751

Proportion of energy lost

Population

1

0.01864

32

0.00197

9.4253

0.0043*

Time

1

0.00627

32

0.00197

3.1769

0.0844

Population × time

1

0.00022

32

0.00197

0.1130

0.7388

Proportion of dry mass lost

Population

1

0.02644

32

0.00807

3.2743

0.0797

Time

1

0.00158

32

0.00807

0.1965

0.6604

Population × time

1

0.00669

32

0.00807

0.8255

0.3703

  1. Two-way ANOVA evaluating differences in proportion of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), energy, and dry mass lost during embryonic development between populations (Mar Chiquita, San Antonio) and times of season (beginning versus end of the reproductive season); interaction between these factors
  2. *Significant values of P (α = 0.05)
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