Table 3 Results of ANOVA and Tukey HSD tests for radioactive element concentrations across the aquatic ecosystems in Nasser Lake.

From: Assessment of radioactive substance transfer and its ecological and health impacts on the Nasser Lake ecosystem

Source of variation

SS

Degrees of freedom

Mean Squares

F-static

P-value

F crit

Treatments pair

Tukey HSD

Statistic

p-value

Inferfence

226Ra

Between Groups

147.8

3

49.27

28.96

\(1.05\times {10}^{-9}\)

2.87

Sediment vs. Water

10.40

0.0010053

**p < 0.01

Within Groups

61.24

36

1.7

   

Sediment vs. Plant

10.79

0.0010053

**p < 0.01

Total

209.04

39

    

Sediment vs. Fish

11.06

0.0010053

**p < 0.01

       

Water vs. Plant

0.39

0.8999947

Insignificant

       

Water vs. Fish

0.66

0.8999947

Insignificant

       

Plant vs. Fish

0.27

0.8999947

Insignificant

232Th

Between Groups

1140.21

3

380.07

52.79

\(2.92\times {10}^{13}\)

2.87

Sediment vs. Water

14.63

0.0010053

**p < 0.01

Within Groups

259.19

36

7.2

   

Sediment vs. Plant

13.94

0.0010053

**p < 0.01

Total

1399.41

39

    

Sediment vs. Fish

14.95

0.0010053

**p < 0.01

       

Water vs. Plant

0.69

0.8999947

Insignificant

       

Water vs. Fish

0.32

0.8999947

Insignificant

       

Plant vs. Fish

1.02

0.8832123

Insignificant

40 K

Between Groups

247,633.59

3

82,544.53

132.44

\(1.67{\times 10}^{-19}\)

2.87

Sediment vs. Water

24.37

0.0010053

**p < 0.01

Within Groups

22,436.9

36

623.25

   

Sediment vs. Plant

12.51

0.0010053

**p < 0.01

Total

270,070.49

39

    

Sediment vs. Fish

23.88

0.0010053

**p < 0.01

       

Water vs. Plant

11.80

0.0010053

**p < 0.01

       

Water vs. Fish

0.48

0.8999947

insignificant

       

Plant vs. Fish

11.32

0.0010053

**p < 0.01