Table 2.

Comparisons of size-at-age (otolith radius) among ED, NE, and SUR groups for two coral reef fishes at three time points in larval life

	June 2007	August 2007		June 2008
Larval age	T. bifasciatum	T. bifasciatum	C. roseus	T. bifasciatum	C. roseus
5 dph	***	ns	*	ns	*
	NE, ED < SUR		NE < ED		NE < ED
	F = 9.72	F = 2.48	F = 4.46	F = 3.51	F = 5.30
	n = 88/86/29	n = 58/29/61	n = 38/119/50	n = 25/44	n = 39/35
15 dph	*	***	***	**	***
	NE < SUR	NE < ED, SUR	NE < ED, SUR	NE < SUR	NE < ED
	F = 3.24	F = 35.97	F = 38.33	F = 9.62	F = 20.82
	n = 88/85/29	n = 58/23/61	n = 37/119/50	n = 24/44	n = 38/32
25 dph	*	***	***	***	***
	NE < SUR	NE < SUR	NE < ED, SUR	NE < SUR	NE < ED
	F = 4.83	F = 85.90	F = 41.69	F = 24.32	F = 46.82
	n = 28/35/29	n = 35/0/61	n = 28/30/50	n = 16/44	n = 35/14

Results from one-way ANOVAs are shown for ED, eddy; NE, non-eddy; and SUR, surviving late-stage larvae captured in light traps (C. roseus) or juveniles collected on the reef (T. bifasciatum). *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; ns, not significant. Results of Tukey HSD tests are presented as an inequality statement. Note that in June 2008, tests involving T. bifasciatum did not include the ED group because of its low sample size.