Table 2.
The effects of fish group (including the effects of sex and ploidy associated with reproduction mode) and season on haematological parameters
| Dependent variable | Predicted variables | SS | Df | F | p | Total F | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erytrocyte count | body size | 0.214 | 1 | 0.375 | 0.541 | 44.464 | <0.001 |
| (N = 155) | season | 16.551 | 3 | 9.675 | <0.001 | ||
| fish group | 214.126 | 2 | 187.742 | <0.001 | |||
| fish group*season | 10.868 | 6 | 3.176 | 0.006 | |||
| Leukocyte count | body size | 0.025 | 1 | 0.019 | 0.891 | 3.809 | <0.001 |
| (N = 156) | season | 47.142 | 3 | 11.749 | <0.001 | ||
| fish group | 2.774 | 2 | 1.037 | 0.357 | |||
| fish group*season | 5.910 | 6 | 0.736 | 0.621 | |||
| Haematocrit | body size | 0.004 | 1 | 1.437 | 0.233 | 13.613 | <0.001 |
| (N = 155) | season | 0.027 | 3 | 3.653 | 0.014 | ||
| fish group | 0.220 | 2 | 44.804 | <0.001 | |||
| fish group*season | 0.063 | 6 | 4.259 | <0.001 | |||
| Haemoglobin (Hb) | body size | 0.001 | 1 | 0.107 | 0.744 | 5.459 | <0.001 |
| (N = 117) | season | 0.152 | 2 | 6.974 | 0.001 | ||
| fish group | 0.162 | 2 | 7.424 | 0.001 | |||
| fish group*season | 0.057 | 4 | 1.297 | 0.276 | |||
| Hb/erythrocyte | body size | 0.028 | 1 | 1.775 | 0.186 | 6.295 | <0.001 |
| (N = 116) | season | 0.207 | 2 | 6.477 | 0.002 | ||
| fish group | 0.365 | 2 | 11.421 | 0.001 | |||
| fish group*season | 0.088 | 4 | 1.377 | 0.247 | |||
| Leukocrit | body size | 0.044 | 1 | 1.646 | 0.202 | 3.762 | <0.001 |
| (N = 147) | season | 0.813 | 3 | 10.217 | <0.001 | ||
| fish group | 0.003 | 2 | 0.058 | 0.943 | |||
| fish group*season | 0.088 | 6 | 0.551 | 0.768 |
The statistically significant p-values are shown in bold