Synergistic Effects of Salinity and Temperature on the Survival of Two Nonnative Bivalve Molluscs, Perna viridis (Linnaeus 1758) and Mytella charruana (d’Orbigny 1846)

Table 3

Two-way ANOVA tables: interaction between salinity and temperature on nonnative mussels.

Experiment		Source	Perna viridis					Mytella charruana
			DF	MS			Significance	DF	MS			Significance
Juvenile	Cold	Salinity	2	43.370	9.940	<0.001		2	1.009	7.977	0.003
		Temperature	2	55.593	7.755	0.004		2	0.127	63.372	<0.001
		Salinity × temperature	4	11.926	2.132	0.119	ns	4	0.041	2.605	0.071	ns
		Error	18	5.593				18	0.016
Juvenile	Warm	Salinity	2	47.815	8.208	0.003		2	1.8	2.978	0.076	ns
		Temperature	2	30.704	12.782	<0.001		2	0.103	52.269	<0.001
		Salinity × temperature	4	12.593	3.366	0.032		4	0.031	0.914	0.477	ns
		Error	18	3.741				18	0.034
Adult	Cold	Salinity	2	1.764	5.160	0.017		2	0.229	2.528	0.108	ns
		Temperature	2	0.048	190.56	<0.001		2	0.037	148.361	<0.001
		Salinity × temperature	4	0.032	3.480	0.028		4	0.037	1.653	0.205	ns
		Error	18	0.009				18	0.013
Adult	Warm	Salinity	2	0.218	56.194	<0.001		2	0.471	109.87	<0.001
		Temperature	2	1.29	9.500	0.002		2	0.936	55.348	<0.001
		Salinity × temperature	4	0.088	3.839	0.020		4	0.215	25.217	<0.001
		Error	18	0.023				18	0.009

Significantly different at level.