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 |
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Georges Bank |
Merrimack River |
Massachusetts Bay |
Cape Cod Bay |
Mud Patch |
New York Bight |
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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 |
|