Table 3 ANCOVA statistics for oxygen consumption rates (MO2) and critical oxygen levels (PO2 crit) of fish exposed to different temperatures (21 and 27 °C) and exposed or not to jellyfish.

From: Concurrent environmental stressors and jellyfish stings impair caged European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) physiological performances

Factor

MO2

PO2 crit.

df

F value

P value

df

F value

P value

Time

1

1.357

0.246

1

2.349

0.128

Jellyfish

1

19.231

2.46 e−05

1

46.172

4.13 e−10

Temperature

1

53.849

2.56 e−11

1

0.173

0.678

Jelly. x Temp.

1

7.230

0.008

1

3.156

0.078

  1. P < 0.05 was considered significant.
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