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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Lasym |
2,9920 |
17.27 |
<0.001 |