Table 3.

Statistics of neonate production

	Factor	df	Deviance	Residual deviance	p
Subitaneous eggs	Clutch (C)	2, 21	64.4	30.7	< 0.001
	Melatonin (M)	1, 20	3.38	27.3	0.06
	C × M	2, 18	5.42	21.9	0.06
Subset clutch 1	M	1, 6	3.83	4.99	0.021
Subset clutch 2	M	1, 6	0.23	14.5	0.72
Subset clutch 3	M	1, 6	4.74	2.42	< 0.001

Error distribution = quasi Poisson, link function = log.

Results of the GLM analysis of the first to third neonate clutches of D. pulex (factor “Clutch”) grown under moderate crowding conditions with or without melatonin (factor “Melatonin”).