Research Article

Physical Non-Contact Communication between Microscopic Aquatic Species: Novel Experimental Evidences for an Interspecies Information Exchange

Table 6

This table shows the results from an analysis of variance coming from the experiment on mutual effects of Paramecium caudatum and Rotatoria sp. on each other. The ANOVA table displays the sum of squares (SS), degrees of freedom (df), the -ratio, and the probability of error (prob > ) based on final population size. Effects came from repeating the experiment (exp), the inducer species (ind), and interactions between repeating the experiment and inducer species (exp × ind).

Tester MaterialSourcedfSS-ratioprob >

Paramecium caudatumQuartzexp20.30222.677 <0.0001
ind10.0081.1340.2975
exp × ind20.18313.7280.0001
Glassexp20.27610.1630.0006
ind10.0856.2370.0198
exp × ind20.0220.8100.4565

Rotatoria sp.Quartzexp20.5594.3470.0245
ind10.5859.0900.0060
exp × ind21.1669.0620.0012
Glassexp20.3934.5480.0211
ind10.0340.7820.3852
exp × ind20.0961.1110.3456

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