Table 3.
Tests the biochemical variables studied with their paired comparisons with the Mann–Whitney for not normally distributed data and Student’s t-tests, for normally distributed data.
| Comparison | Carotenoids ind−1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mann–Whitney’s U or Student’s t | D.F. | Rosenthal’s r or Cohen’s d | |
| Males II vs. juveniles | U = 0.0, yes (P < 0.001) | 57 | 0.7161 |
| Males II vs. males I | t = -6.447, yes (P < 0.001) | 41 | 2.09, very large |
| Males II vs. spent females | t = -6.660, yes (P < 0.001) | 26 | 2.27, very Large |
| Males II vs. mature females | U = 34.0, yes (P < 0.001) | 32 | 0.6071 |
| Mat. females vs. juveniles | U = 50.0, yes (P < 0.001) | 63 | 0.6934 |
| Mat. females vs. males I | t = 1.431, no (P = 0.159) | 47 | 0.46, small |
| Mat. females vs. spent females | U = 101, no (P = 0.251) | 32 | 0.2029 |
| Spent females vs. juveniles | U = 63.0 Yes (P < 0.001) | 58 | 0.5845 |
| Spent females vs. males I | t = -0.127 No (P= 0.899) | 42 | 0.02, small |
| Males I vs. juveniles | U = 62.0 Yes (P < 0.001) | 72 | 0.7540 |
| Lipids (mg Ind −1 ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mann–Whitney’s U or Student’s t | D.F. | Rosenthal’s r or Cohen’s d | |
| Males II vs. juveniles | t = −1.242, no (P= 0.219) | 57 | 0.42, small |
| Males II vs. males I | U = 140.5, no (P = 0.251) | 41 | 0.1816 |
| Males II vs. spent females | U = 32, yes (P = 0.005) | 26 | 0.5510 |
| Males II vs. mat. females | U = 22, yes (P < 0.001) | 31 | 0.6885 |
| Mat. females vs. juveniles | U = 61, yes (P < 0.001) | 62 | 0.6732 |
| Mat. females vs. males I | U = 59.0, yes (P < 0.001) | 47 | 0.6732 |
| Mat. females vs. spent females | U = 67.0, yes (P = 0.017) | 32 | 0.4185 |
| Spent females vs. Juveniles | U = 103, yes (P < 0.001) | 58 | 0.4918 |
| Spent females vs. males I | U = 99.0, yes (P = 0.001) | 42 | 0.3994 |
| Males I vs. Juveniles | U = 376.5, yes (P = 0.004) | 72 | 0.3365 |
| Carotenoids g −1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Student’s t | D.F. | Cohen’s d | |
| Males II vs. juveniles | 4.67, yes (P< 0.001) | 57 | 1.59 ,very large |
| Males II vs. males I | 3.83, yes (P < 0.001) | 41 | 1.40, very large |
| Males II vs. spent females | 3.57, yes (P< 0.001) | 26 | 1.37, very large |
| Males II vs. mat. females | 3.34, yes (P=0.001) | 32 | 1.12, large |
| Mat. females vs. juveniles | 0.99, no (P=0.323) | 63 | 0.25, small |
| Mat. females vs. males I | 0.81, no (P=0.419) | 47 | 0.07, small |
| Mat. females vs. spent females | 0.49, no (P=0.624) | 32 | 0.15, small |
| Spent females vs. juveniles | 0.32, no (P=0.747) | 57 | 0.10, small |
| Spent females vs. males I | 0.29, no (P=0.771) | 42 | 0.09, small |
| Males I vs. juveniles | 0.27, no (P=0.791) | 72 | 0.20 Small |