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Table 7. Blood calcium
concentration (ls mean mEq/L ± s (N))
in adult yellowtail flounder trawl-collected from six Northwest Atlantic
locations during 1978-85. (Station-related differences (i.e., between
the five inshore stations and the Georges Bank offshore station) for
a given season and sex are indicated by bold values (read horizontally).
Season-related differences for a given station and sex are indicated
by the presence or absence of superscripts for the values (read vertically);
values with the same or no superscript are not significantly different;
values with different superscripts are significantly different. Sex-related
differences for a given station and season are indicated by underlined
values (read vertically). For some stations and
seasons, no data (“nd”) were available. For statistical significance, P < 0.05.)
Sex |
Season |
Offshore
Station |
Inshore
Stations |
Georges
Bank |
Merrimack
River |
Massachusetts
Bay |
Cape
Cod Bay |
Mud
Patch |
New
York Bight |
Male |
Winter |
4.19
± 0.64 (4) |
4.51
± 0.45 (8) |
4.53
± 0.52 (6) |
4.60
± 0.64 (4) |
4.52
± 0.48 (7)a |
5.31
± 0.34 (15) |
Spring |
4.50
± 0.20 (39)a |
4.86
± 0.57 (5) |
5.76
± 0.91 (2) |
3.79
± 0.37 (12) |
4.24
± 0.27 (22)a |
5.05
± 0.25 (28) |
Summer |
4.34
± 0.35 (13)a |
4.22
± 0.31(17) |
nd |
nd |
3.97
± 0.28 (21)a |
nd |
Fall |
6.31
± 0.34 (14)b |
4.24
± 0.24 (29) |
nd |
nd |
4.78
± 0.22 (34)b |
5.33
± 0.38 (12) |
Female |
Winter |
4.64
± 0.26 (25)a |
4.75
± 0.48 (7)b,c |
4.77
(1) |
5.08
± 0.74 (3) |
4.25
± 0.35 (13) |
4.84
± 0.32 (16) |
Spring |
4.44
± 0.20 (41)a |
7.75
± 0.52 (6)a |
5.67
± 0.45 (8) |
4.66
± 0.64 (4) |
4.23
± 0.22 (34)a |
4.40
± 0.29 (19)a |
Summer |
5.27
± 0.19 (44)b |
5.25
± 0.34 (14)b |
nd |
nd |
3.97
± 0.29 (19) a |
2.56
± 0.74 (3) |
Fall |
5.64
± 0.39 (11)b |
4.28
± 0.19 (47)c |
nd |
nd |
4.99
± 0.18 (51)b |
5.71
± 0.36 (13)b |
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