Table 2 Summary results of seahorse predation on prawn colour morphs.

From: The adaptive value of camouflage and colour change in a polymorphic prawn

Source of variation

Predation rate

df

MS

F

p

Prawn morph – M

1

0.031

3.39

0.103

Seaweed habitat – S

1

0.020

2.22

0.174

Seahorse ID (M × S)

8

0.009

0.43

0.888

M × S

1

0.076

8.38

0.020

Error

24

0.021

  
 

Cochran’s C = 0.324; p > 0.05

  1. Results of mixed-model analysis of variance testing contrasts of seahorse Hippocampus reidi predation rates on prawn Hippolyte obliquimanus colour morphs maintained in different seaweed habitats (as percentage of individuals consumed by seahorses over 2 h trials). The factors ‘prawn morph’ and ‘seaweed habitat’ are fixed, while ‘seahorse ID’ is random and nested in the interaction of main factors. Cochran’s C: Cochran statistic testing variance heterogeneity.
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