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Table 3 Results of the ANCOVA

From: Relative growth and reproductive cycle of the date mussel Lithophaga lithophaga (Linnaeus, 1758) sampled from the Bizerte Bay (Northern Tunisia)

Biometric variables

F

P

W on L

12.220

<0.001

H on L

10.657

<0.05

S d. w. on L

40.049

<0.001

ST d.w. on L

25.850

<0.001

T w.w. on L

81.900

<0.001

  1. Degree of freedom = 1
  2. L shell length, W shell width, H shell height, S d. w. shell dry weight, ST d. w. soft tissues dry weight, T w. w. total dry weight