Table 2.
Weight and length measures† (Mean values and standard deviations)
| Weight (mg) | Length (cm) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | High-ARA | Control | High-ARA | |||||||||||
| DPF | Mean | sd | n ‡ | Mean | sd | n ‡ | P | Mean | sd | n ‡ | Mean | sd | n ‡ | P |
| 44 | 50·72 | 27·43 | 57 | 40·23 | 25·26 | 48 | 0·04* | 1·29 | 0·28 | 57 | 1·23 | 0·28 | 48 | 0·27 |
| 91 | 265·0 | 99·0 | 49 | 266·4 | 92·3 | 48 | 0·94 | 2·35 | 0·29 | 49 | 2·35 | 0·28 | 48 | 0·89 |
ARA, arachidonic acid; DPF, days post fertilisation.
Statistically significant: * P<0·05.
†
Statistical significance analysis was done by non-parametric Mann–Whitney test, except for 91 DPF (weight) which was analysed by a parametric t test with Welch’s correction. 44 DPF weight and length data and 91 DPF length data do not follow a Gaussian distribution.
‡
n are individual fish originated from different populations (tanks) which got summarised within the feed group for subsequent statistical analysis.