Table 4.

Summary of results from case studies.

treatment	species	difference in mean egg size	difference in CV egg size	power to detect a 50% change in CV	source
age and nutrition	Sancassania berlesei	yes	yes	—	Plaistow et al. (2007)
maternal density	Bugula neritina	yes	no	no	Allen et al. (2008)
maternal nutrition	Pomacentrus amboinensis	no	yes	—	Gagliano & McCormick (2007)
polyandry	Chelidonura sandrana	yes	no	yes	Sprenger et al. (2008)
simulated predation event	Bugula neritina	yes	yes	—	Marshall & Keough (2004)