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. 2017 Jul 10;14:35. doi: 10.1186/s12983-017-0218-9

Table 3.

Effect of different lighting and diet treatments on juvenile slug colouration from the time of hatching (start) to the end of the trials

			Start^a		End^b
		Channel	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	p
		R	114.80	13.09	55.05	12.48	9.175	<0.001
	UV	G	83.26	11.31	36.26	11.65	7.879	<0.001
Lighting		B	60.64	10.44	21.86	9.40	7.455	<0.001
(fed on oats)
		R	119.18	15.36	114.94	17.23	0.603	0.559
	Darkness	G	88.02	12.92	92.97	16.89	−1.179	0.263
		B	65.52	11.08	58.28	13.42	2.172	0.053
		R	124.07	16.35	91.68	13.21	6.27	<0.001
	Carrot	G	95.31	11.73	69.51	11.15	5.75	<0.001
		B	71.21	11.09	57.65	6.72	3.06	0.013
Diet		R	119.81	17.11	96.04	11.48	4.378	0.001
(natural photoperiod)	Oats	G	95.88	18.18	69.65	9.23	4.828	<0.001
		B	67.26	17.26	67.26	5.98	2.227	0.043

^aStart = day of hatching, ^bEnd = day 140 UV-exposure experiments, and day 84 for diet experiments