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Table 4.

Results from stepwise, multiple linear regression analyses of the effect of body size, water temperature and morphological characters on the standard metabolic rate index

Group	Variable	Coefficient	P	Overall r²
DBC	BSI	2.18	<0.001	0.38
	log₁₀L_s	1.71	<0.01
WBC	BSI	4.31	<0.05	0.52
WYP	log₁₀L_s	1.05	<0.001	0.21

Group	Variable	Coefficient	P	Overall r²
DBC	BSI	2.18	<0.001	0.38
	log₁₀L_s	1.71	<0.01
WBC	BSI	4.31	<0.05	0.52
WYP	log₁₀L_s	1.05	<0.001	0.21

DBC, domestic brook charr; WBC, wild brook charr; WYP, wild yellow perch; BSI,body shape index; L_s, standard length.

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