Table 4.

GLM analyses on the relationship between parasite abundance, immunity and physiology

Dependent variable	Independent variables	SS	Df	F	p	Total F (p)
Monogenea	Condition factor	1.653	1	11.144	0.001
	Haemoglobin	0.588	1	3.966	0.049
	Sampling	13.619	4	22.958	0.000	22.209 (< 0.0001)
Crustacea	Sampling	1248.215	4	7.114	0.000	5.826 (< 0.0001)
Cestoda	Respiratory burst	5.357	1	5.639	0.019
	Phagocytes	7.865	1	8.278	0.005
	Sampling	56.846	4	14.958	0.000	8.841 (< 0.0001)
Digenea	SSI	174.815	1	5.648	0.019	1.683 (0.074)

GLM analyses on the relationship between parasite abundance and immune or physiological variables, taking into account sampling period.