Table 1.
Effects of consumer species and test species identity on test species instantaneous maximum growth rates (r)
| Factor | df | F | p |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Within subject effects |
|
|
|
|
Time |
9 |
60.5 |
<0.001 |
|
Time × Test sp. |
18 |
6.9 |
<0.001 |
|
Time × Consumer sp. |
9 |
29.8 |
<0.001 |
|
Time × Test sp. × Consumer sp. |
18 |
12.8 |
<0.001 |
|
Error |
108 |
|
|
|
Between subjects effects |
|
|
|
|
Consumer species |
2 |
100.0 |
<0.001 |
|
Test species |
1 |
1426.6 |
<0.001 |
|
Consumer sp. × Test sp. |
2 |
294.3 |
<0.001 |
| Error | 12 |
“Consumer species” grew in the medium before filtering; “test species” grew in the filtered medium. Results from the factorial repeated measures ANOVA.