sponges and pre cal
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Elizabeth City State UniversityMeets
University of Rhode Island November 15, 2011
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• Introduction• Importance of Math in the Sciences• Research 1 – The effects of size on the survival
and growth for Acropora palmata fragments transplanted for restoration (M. Fergurson)
• Research 2 - … (R. Dauksis)• Questions and answers• More research
Meghan Ferguson
Russell Dauksis
Elizabeth McLean PhD Student Environmental SciencesUniversity of Rhode Island
Sponge Overgrowth: the Paradigm of the Liana
Substrate effects on the growth of the sponge
Testing for significance
• The average growth of D. anchorata and I. birotulata on P. americana had no significant difference, t (26)=1.07, p>0.05.
However, there was a significant difference for their growth on P. flexuosa, t (23)=2.52, p<0.05 (FIG 3B).
Growth of the sponge along the soft coral axis
Testing for significance
• The average growth of D. anchorata was not significant, t (25)=0.85, p>0.05 P. americana (M=2.32, SE=2.44) P. flexuosa (M=3.31, SE= 3.59).
However, the average growth of I. birotulata differed on the two octocoral species , t (24)=2.55, p<0.05 with higher growth on P. americana (M=1.57, SE=0.68) when compared to P. flexuosa (M=0.68, SE=1.05).