Dietary effects on fatty acid composition in muscle tissue of juvenile European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.)

Table 3 Main effects of “Diet” or “Diet-Habitat” and “Tank” determined by nested analysis of variance (general linear model, type III decomposition)

Variable	Factor	SS*	df	F	P
SGR**	Tank (Diet)	1.15405	24	0.497	0.97
	Diet	3.67474	7	10.92	<0.01
	Error	6.19222	64
20:6 n3 (EPA)	Tank (Diet-habitat)	0.01809	30	0.83	0.69
	Diet-habitat	0.01371	1	22.72	<0.01
	Error	0.04607	64
20:4 n6 (ARA)	Tank (Diet-habitat)	0.00353	30	1.04	0.44
	Diet-habitat	0.00019	1	1.68	0.21
	Error	0.00726	64
22:6 n3 (DHA)	Tank (Diet-habitat)	0.04785	30	1.16	0.30
	Diet-habitat	0.01692	1	10.61	<0.01
	Error	0.087762	64
EPA/ARA	Tank (Diet-habitat)	0.04523	30	1.05	0.42
	Diet-habitat	0.02887	1	19.15	<0.01
	Error	0.09173	64
n3	Tank (Diet-Habitat)	0.07960	30	1.07	0.40
	Diet-Habitat	0.02931	1	11.05	<0.01
	Error	0.15882	64
n6	Tank (Diet-habitat)	0.00837	30	1.48	0.10
	Diet-habitat	0.00263	1	5.41	<0.01
	Error	0.01209	64
n3/n6	Tank (Diet-habitat)	0.01358	30	1.43	0.12
	Diet-habitat	0.00784	1	17.32	<0.01
	Error	0.02031	64

“Diet” or “Diet-Habitat” was treated as fixed factor, and “Tank” was treated as random factor. A significant effect is indicated by a P-value smaller 0.05
* Sum of squares
** Specific growth rate [% d⁻¹]

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