Feeding Choice and the Fate of Organic Materials Consumed by Sesarma Crabs Perisesarma bidens (De Haan) When Offered Different Diets

Table 3

MANOVA results for the effects of diets (leaves, alagae, and propagule) and sexes (male and female) on consumption faecal production, assimilation rates, and assimilation efficiency.

	df	MS	F
	Assimilation rate (in g crab^−1 day^−1)
Sex	1	0.000254	0.4267NS
Diet	2	0.011423	19.1524∗∗∗
Sex∗Diets	2	0.000384	0.64462NS
Residue	36
	Assimilation Efficiency (in %)
Sex	1	194.2444	0.360282NS
Diet	2	4621.282	8.571506∗∗
Sex∗Diets	2	778.8804	1.444659NS
Residue
	Consumption rate (in g crab^−1 day^−1)
Sex	1	0.000409	0.424249NS
Diet	2	0.013668	14.16279NS
Sex∗Diets	2	0.000182	0.188508NS
Residue	36
	Faecal production (in g crab^−1 day^−1)
Sex	1	1.83E-05	0.23731NS
Diet	2	0.000108	1.397996∗∗∗
Sex∗Diets	2	6.1E-05	0.789862NS
Residue	36

NS = not significant, ^∗𝑃<.05,^∗∗𝑃<.01,^∗∗∗𝑃<.001.