Table 8. Hematocrit
(ls mean % ± 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 |
31.60 ± 2.62 (5)a,b |
27.59 ± 2.07 (8)b,c |
29.05 ± 2.08 (8) |
20.78 ± 2.40 (6) |
27.52 ± 2.22 (7)a |
30.53 ± 1.45 (17) |
Spring |
32.05 ± 0.94 (39)a |
37.32 ± 2.22 (7)a |
17.84 ± 3.41 (3) |
nd |
32.71 ± 1.20 (24)b |
30.74 ± 1.09 (30)a |
|
Summer |
26.91 ± 1.57 (14)b |
30.07 ± 1.42 (17)c |
nd |
nd |
22.49 ± 1.97 (9)a |
nd |
|
Fall |
23.68 ± 1.47 (16)b |
23.21 ± 1.02 (33)b |
nd |
nd |
25.04 ± 1.06 (32)a |
26.97 ± 1.58 (15)b |
|
Female |
Winter |
27.01 ± 1.26 (23)a |
26.81 ± 2.39 (6)a |
25.62 (1) |
22.23 ± 2.93 (4) |
21.21 ± 1.62 (13)a |
24.58 ± 1.47 (16)b |
Spring |
25.54 ± 0.89 (46) |
34.26 ± 2.22 (7)b |
21.91 ± 2.08 (8) |
nd |
26.82 ± 1.00 (36)b |
29.20 ± 1.18 (25)a |
|
Summer |
25.59 ± 0.87 (46) |
26.23 ± 1.47 (16)a |
nd |
nd |
26.07 ± 1.42 (17)b,c |
33.76 ± 2.64 (5)a |
|
Fall |
22.57 ± 1.87 (10)b |
24.94 ± 0.86 (49)a |
nd |
nd |
24.00 ± 0.85 (47)a,c |
23.56 ± 1.58 (14)b |
|