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Laurent R. Vigliola, Peter J. Doherty, Mark G. Meekan, Devin Drown, M. Elizabeth Jones, and Paul H. Barber. Year. Genetic identity determines risk of post-settlement mortality of a marine fish. Ecology VOL: pp-pp.

Appendix B. Results of nonlinear mixed effects (NLME) model analyses of growth back-calculated from otoliths of four cohorts of Neopomacentrus filamentosus.

TABLE B1. Results of nonlinear mixed effects (NLME) model analyses of growth back-calculated from otoliths of four cohorts of Neopomacentrus filamentosus. (A) comparison of planktonic growth of cohorts of fish collected at settlement (0M) and 3 months (3M) after settlement during November 1998 (N98), October (O99), November (N99) and December 1999 (D99). (B) comparison of growth rates during planktonic life of  the November cohorts in 1998 and 1999 collected at settlement (0M), 1 month (1M), 2 months (2M) and 3 months after settlement (3M). (C) comparison of post-settlement growth rates of fishes from the November cohorts in 1998 and 1999 collected at settlement, then 1, 2, and 3 months after settlement. L0 – length at hatching, K2 – growth acceleration, Lasym – asymptotic size at the end of the study.

Analysis

Model

Cohort

Time

n fish

n size-at-age data

Factor

Parameter

df

F

P

A

Parabolic

N98, O99, N99, D99

0M, 3M

632

8216

Cohort × Time

L0

3,7569

31.56

<0.001

K1

3,7569

13.50

<0.001

B

Parabolic

N98, N99

0M, 1M, 2M, 3M

689

8957

Cohort × Time

L0

3,8253

22.23

<0.001

K1

3,8253

19.52

<0.001

C

VB

N98, N99

1M, 2M, 3M

508

10445

Cohort × Time

t0

2,9920

34.37

<0.001

K2

2,9920

26.65

<0.001

Lasym

2,9920

17.27

<0.001



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