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. 2018 Nov 13;6(1):coy060. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coy060

Table 2:

General linear mixed models of physiological parameters of chick and adult Magellanic penguins in tourist-visited and non-visited (control) sites of two reproductive colonies in the coast of Patagonia

Tourism Age group Tourism x Age group Body mass
Punta Tombo
F df P F df P F df P F df P
Heterophils 10.90 1,41.5 0.002 20.85 1,74.2 <0.0001 4.75 1,74.2 0.032
Lymphocytes 3.06 1,42.6 0.087 39.68 1,73.1 <0.0001 0.34 1,73.1 0.562
Eosinophils 2.71 1,46.0 0.106 179.60 1,77.1 <0.0001 6.71 1,77.1 0.012
Monocytes 0.01 1,39.3 0.926 61.78 1,70.1 <0.0001 1.72 1,70.1 0.194
H/L ratio 5.95 1,41.5 0.019 0.64 1,74.8 0.427 3.35 1,74.8 0.071
Bactericidal capacity 2.11 1,39.9 0.154 206.50 1,78.0 <0.0001 3.79 1,78.0 0.055
Bacterial agglutination 2.24 1,42.5 0.142 423.52 1,75.9 <0.0001 0.95 1,75.9 0.331
PHA response 17.07 1,38.5 0.0002 na na 4.03 1,68.3 0.049
Glucose 26.12 1,38.9 <0.0001 19.59 1,84.1 <0.0001 20.39 1,67.1 <0.0001 5.82 2,84.4 0.004
Total protein 0.06 1,97.0 0.810 19.30 1,97.0 <0.0001 2.42 1,97.0 0.122
Haematocrit 0.20 1,70.1 0.660 113.80 1,83.6 <0.0001 5.77 1,83.6 0.019
San Lorenzo
F df P F df P F df P F df P
Heterophils 0.03 1,31.9 0.867 0.70 1,54.2 0.406 0.23 1,54.2 0.633
Lymphocytes 0.70 1,33.6 0.409 11.60 1,54.4 0.001 0.22 1,54.4 0.642
Eosinophils 1.16 1,31.6 0.290 183.41 1,54.2 <0.0001 0.19 1,54.2 0.668
Monocytes 0.72 1,32.9 0.400 30.54 1,54.1 <0.0001 1.08 1,54.1 0.303
H/L ratio 0.30 1,30.0 0.587 2.67 1,52.9 0.108 0.11 1,52.9 0.737
Bactericidal capacity 0.002 1,39.4 0.968 58.09 1,66.0 <0.0001 0.004 1,66.0 0.952
Bacterial agglutination 2.23 1,42.5 0.142 423.52 1,75.9 <0.0001 0.95 1,75.9 0.332
PHA response 0.07 1,37.1 0.795 na na
Glucose 0.23 1,53.3 0.630 8.70 1 111.8 0.004 0.83 1,82.9 0.364 9.02 2 104.3 0.0002
Total protein 0.05 1,40.1 0.831 331.20 1,71.8 <0.0001 5.40 1,71.8 0.023

Abbreviations: na: not applicable, H/L: heterophil/lymphocyte, PHA: phytohemagglutinin. Significant effects are highlighted in bold.