Moult cycle and growth of the crab Halicarcinus planatus (Brachyura, Hymenosomatidae) in the Beagle Channel, southern tip of South America

Table 2 Growth of H. planatus expressed as functions of absolute increment and per cent increment on crab size, which are plotted in Fig. 3

Sex	Method	Equation of regression	n	r ²	F	P
Female	Size increment	SI = −0.04 pre-moult CW² + 0.57 pre-moult CW − 0.82	73	0.14	10.01	0.0023
Female	Per cent increment	PI = −1.84 pre-moult CW + 27.32	73	0.21	18.4	0.0001
Male	Size increment	SI = −0.04 pre-moult CW² + 0.57 pre-moult CW − 0.93	100	0.21	16.76	0.0001
Male	Percent increment	PI = −0.45 pre-moult CW² + 4.25 pre-moult CW + 7.14	100	0.28	7.77	0.0064

n sample size, r ² coefficient of determination, F statistic, P associated probability

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