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. 2024 Apr 28;14(9):1319. doi: 10.3390/ani14091319

Table 3.

Larval somatic data (SL, DW) and biometric otoliths (RADIUS, MIW) for GOM17 and GOM18 grouped by stage (PRE, POST, TOTAL). ANCOVA results (F, p) using AGE as covariate. NS = Non-significant; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01.

GOM17 GOM18 ANCOVA
n Min Max Mean ± SD n Min Max Mean ± SD F1,154 p
TOTAL SL (mm) 83 4.28 9.01 6.04 ± 1.10 74 4.1 9.87 6.23 ± 1.43 5.42 *
DW (mg) 0.1 2.89 0.49 ± 0.45 0.07 2.51 0.70 ± 0.61 26.78 **
RADIUS (μm) 16.7 95.4 30.5 ± 13.50 13.8 89.3 33.00 ± 18.40 3.24 NS
MIW (μm) 1.28 4.15 2.03 ± 0.60 1.06 4.64 2.16 ± 0.83 6.01 *
n Min Max Mean ± SD n Min Max Mean ± SD F1,82 p
PRE SL (mm) 49 4.28 7.06 5.34 ± 0.68 36 4.1 6.36 5.06 ± 0.57 0.04 NS
DW (mg) 0.1 0.52 0.27 ± 0.12 0.07 0.64 0.30 ± 0.14 6.33 *
RADIUS (μm) 16.7 33.4 23.26 ± 4.08 13.8 28 20.10 ± 3.61 5.66 *
MIW (μm) 1.28 2.22 1.70 ± 0.25 1.06 2.06 1.53 ± 0.27 3.87 NS
n Min Max Mean ± SD n Min Max Mean ± SD F1,69 p
POST SL (mm) 34 6.08 9.01 7.04 ± 0.75 38 5.83 9.87 7.39 ± 1.01 11.02 **
DW (mg) 0.21 2.89 0.81 ± 0.56 0.37 2.51 1.08 ± 0.63 20.9 **
RADIUS (μm) 27.4 95.4 40.93 ± 15.36 23.5 89.3 44.85 ± 18.38 7.91 **
MIW (μm) 1.78 4.15 2.51 ± 0.63 1.76 4.64 2.77 ± 0.73 6.52 **