Table 1. Summary of nested analyses of variance (ANOVAs) for green frog survival, mass, and developmental stage at the end of the study and Blanchard's cricket frog survival to, mass at, and days to metamorphosis.
Response Variable | Treatment | df | Mean Square | F | p |
Green Frog | |||||
Tadpole Survival | Golf | 2,3 | 0.2695 | 0.52 | 0.6386 |
Buffer(Golf) | 3,24 | 0.5155 | 11.39 | <0.0001 | |
Tadpole Mass | Covariate (Surv) | 1 | 0.0001 | 0.01 | 0.9392 |
Golf | 2,3 | 0.1848 | 0.69 | 0.5661 | |
Buffer (Golf) | 3,19 | 0.2670 | 9.96 | 0.0004 | |
Gosner Stage | Covariate (Surv) | 1 | 34.89 | 0.01 | 0.9081 |
Golf | 2,3 | 3006 | 0.38 | 0.7105 | |
Buffer (Golf) | 3,19 | 7830 | 3.07 | 0.0527 | |
Blanchard's Cricket Frog | |||||
Survival to Metamorphosis | Golf | 1,2 | 0.6689 | 3.04 | 0.2232 |
Buffer(Golf) | 2,16 | 0.2197 | 9.02 | 0.0024 | |
Mass at Metamorphosis | Covariate (Surv) | 1 | 0.0231 | 1.09 | 0.3153 |
Golf | 1,2 | 0.1238 | 1.16 | 0.3940 | |
Buffer(Golf) | 2,13 | 0.1067 | 5.03 | 0.0240 | |
Days to Metamorphosis | Covariate (Surv) | 1 | 7.146 | 0.01 | 0.9299 |
Golf | 1,2 | 55.76 | 0.02 | 0.8964 | |
Buffer(Golf) | 2,13 | 2567 | 2.89 | 0.0915 |
The covariate in the mass and stage/days to metamorphosis analyses is tadpole survival (Surv) for green frogs and survival (Surv) to metamorphosis for cricket frogs.