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Appendix Table l. — Three-way analysis of variance for spot, Leiostomus xanthurus, postlarvae captured at buoy 32, 14-15 March 



1978. Catch data are logjg (10 + X) treinsformed. 



Multiple comparisons (Numbers in parentheses are mean catch for each stratum.) 



A. Tides 



Flood (100,7) -ebb (68.2) 



B. Sites (Bonferroni f-tests; « = 0,05) 



1 , Depths: east and west 

 Bottom (131 ,9) surface (68.3) 



2, Depths: channel 



Largest: middepth(97,1) bottom (39,3) surface(39,2): smallest 



3, Stations 



Largest: east( 109.5) west(90.6) channel(58.5): smallest 



C. Photoperiod <■ tide (Bonferroni f-tests; « = 0.05) 



Largest: flood; night( 120.3) ebb/day( 103.3) flood/day(81-1) ebb./night (27.2): smallest 



D. Photoperiod  site (bonferroni r-tests; « = 0.05) 



1. Photoperiod j< depth: east and west 

 Day: bottom(178,5)>surface(25,0) 

 Night: ns' 



2. Photoperiod ^ depth; channel 



Day: largest: middepth(145.0) bottom(65.9) surface(8.8): smallest 

 Night; largest: surface(79.5) middepth(49.2; bottom(3.9): smallest 



3. Photoperiod » station 

 Day: ns 



Night; largest: west(97.8) east(91.1) channel(44.3): smallest 



E. Tide < site (Bonferroni Mests; a = 0.05) 



1, Tide ' depth: east and west 

 Flood: ns 



Ebb: bottom(1 12.6) >surface(31 ,3) 



2, Tide X depth: channel 



Flood; largest: middepth(108,5) surface(58,1) bottom(9,3): smallest 



Ebb: ns 



3, Tide X station 



Flood; largest: east( 158,6) west(110,1) channel(58,6): smallest 

 Ebb: ns 



•Significant at o = 0,05, 



'ns — no significant difference(s). 



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