Table 3. ANCOVA statistics for oxygen consumption rates (MO2) and critical oxygen levels (PO2 crit) of fish exposed to different temperatures (21 and 27 °C) and exposed or not to jellyfish.
Factor | MO2 | PO2 crit. | ||||
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df | F value | P value | df | F value | P value | |
Time | 1 | 1.357 | 0.246 | 1 | 2.349 | 0.128 |
Jellyfish | 1 | 19.231 | 2.46 e−05 | 1 | 46.172 | 4.13 e−10 |
Temperature | 1 | 53.849 | 2.56 e−11 | 1 | 0.173 | 0.678 |
Jelly. x Temp. | 1 | 7.230 | 0.008 | 1 | 3.156 | 0.078 |
P < 0.05 was considered significant.