Table 3.

Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) results of persistent organic pollutant concentrations in green sea turtles inhabiting the Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge (n = 16) or San Diego Bay (n = 23). “PCBs” are polychlorinated biphenyls, “OCPs” are organochlorinated pesticides, and “CCL” refers to curved carapace length. “All” refers to comparisons that include all turtles captured and analyzed in the current study (n = 39); and “Sub-Adult” refers to comparisons which only include similar sized subadult turtles (n = 23). “Comparison” refers to the dependent and independent variables in the MANOVA.

Comparison	Mean Squares	F Value	P Value
All PCBs : Location	55.61	60.77	p < 0.001
All PCBs : CCL	2.02	2.21	p = 0.14
All PCBs : CCL*Location	2.32	2.53	p = 0.12
All OCPs : Location	0.23	0.12	p = 0.73
All OCPs : CCL	0.39	0.2	p = 0.65
All OCPs : CCL*Location	0.90	0.48	p = 0.50
Sub-Adult PCBs : Location	19.66	29.93	p < 0.001
Sub-Adult PCBs : CCL	1.32	2.01	p = 0.17
Sub-Adult PCBs : CCL*Location	0.01	0.02	p = 0.89
Sub-Adult OCPs : Location	0.10	0.04	p = 0.84
Sub-Adult OCPs : CCL	0.01	0.004	p = 0.94
Sub-Adult OCPs : CCL*Location	0.24	0.10	p = 0.75