Research Article

Effective Larval Foraging in Large, Low-Diet Environments by Anopheles gambiae

Table 2

Analysis by GLM of three experiments with a single-fixed variable (type III values).

Wing lengthLarval duration
df df

Fixed variable water volume ( )
 Model (error df = 89)6100.36<0.0001636.01<0.0001
 Sex163.88<0.000110.190.6658
 Diet rate4121.02<0.0001334.41<0.0001
 Trial260.72<0.0001243.79<0.0001

Fixed variable diet concentration ( )
 Model (error df = 67)630.62<0.0001682.65<0.0001
 Sex130.42<0.000114.860.0309
 Volume346.14<0.00013133.53<0.0001
 Trial28.910.0004217.26<0.0001

Fixed variable diet amount ( )
 Model (error df = 88)620.40<0.0001618.01<0.0001
 Sex137.43<0.000116.010.0162
 Volume328.97<0.0001319.94<0.0001
 Trial23.990.0220220.85<0.0001