A marine biologist is testing growth of flatfish. Five flatfish are
placed in each of 10 tanks; the 10 tanks are randomly assigned to one
of five temperature gradients (two tanks per temperature). The fish
are allowed to acclimate for 17 days then their length and weight are
measured. The length and weight are measured four more times at 12-day
intervals.
Identify a reasonable design for this experiment. What would you
choose for a response variable? In actual practice, all of the fish
in one tank died after the second measurement period due to a hydroid
invasion. In addition, three fish in another tank died after the
first measurement and were replaced by three other fish who were
measured on the second, third, fourth and fifth time periods. How
do these changes affect your analysis?