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Table 1 Results from four-way factorial ANOVA of insect immature stages (Culex vishnui subgroup larvae) predation by Puntius tetrazona and Hyphessobrycon rosaceus larvivorous fishes at 10 different densities of insect immature stages and 3 different volumes of water, for 7 consecutive days

From: Larvivorous potentiality of Puntius tetrazona and Hyphessobrycon rosaceus against Culex vishnui subgroup in laboratory and field based bioassay

Source of variation

Sum of squares

df

Mean square

F

p-value

Fish species (FS)

1,548,544.11

1

1,548,544.11

25,221.24

0.01

Volume of water (V)

11,755.94

2

5877.96

95.74

0.01

Days (D)

280,636.60

6

46,772.76

761.79

0.01

Prey density (PD)

62,058,653.3

9

6,895,405.92

112,305.9

0.01

FS × V

11,272.94

2

5636.47

91.80

0.01

FS × D

29,339.23

6

4389.87

71.49

0.01

FS × PD

390,088.93

9

43,343.21

705.93

0.01

V × PD

43,452.57

18

2414.03

39.31

0.01

D × PD

47,654.710

54

882.495

14.373

0.01

FS × V × D

2119.108

12

176.592

2.876

0.01

FS × V × PD

54,595.719

18

3033.096

49.400

0.01

FS × D × PD

42,235.833

54

782.145

12.739

0.01

V × D × PD

45,216.105

108

418.668

6.819

0.01

FS × V × D × PD

30,559.114

108

282.955

4.609

0.01

Residual

51,574.67

840

61.39

  

Total

64,647,699.00

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