Table 1 Selected life history variables of Branchipus schaefferi exposed to different concentrations of salt. For a given variable, treatments carrying same alphabet are not statistically significant (p > 0.05, Tukey's test)

Female

0

49.5 ± 1. 9^a

990.8 ± 47.0^a

969.7 ± 37.4^a

0.515 ± 0.004^a

1

24.8 ± 0.8^b

412.3 ± 14.6^b

395.0 ± 20.9^b

0.542 ± 0.002^b

2

14.2 ± 0.2^c

63.5 ± 6.9^c

62.0 ± 8.1^c

0.480 ± 0.003^c

4

12.2 ± 0.3^c,d

84.0 ± 24.1^c,d

84.0 ± 24.1^c

0.490 ± 0.02^c

8

8.5 ± 0.1^d

13.0 ± 1.8^d

13.0 ± 1.8^c

0.318 ± 0.01^c

Male

0

53.8 ± 1.7^a

1

26.8 ± 1.4^b

2

18.5 ± 1.5^c

4

14.5 ± 0.2^d

8

8.3 ± 0.2^e