Table
4. Blood osmolality (ls mean mOsm/kg ± 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.
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 |
494.16 ± 18.43 (4) |
418.49 ± 13.01 (8) |
431.70 ± 15.07 (6) |
503.39 ± 18.41 (4) |
454.29 ± 13.95 (7) |
463.40 ± 9.98 (14)a |
Spring |
440.14 ± 6.97 (28)a |
429.47 ± 16.47 (5) |
430.09 ± 26.19 (2) |
485.76 ± 10.21 (13) |
450.00 ± 7.91 (22) |
476.44 ± 7.22 (27)a |
|
Summer |
472.57 ± 10.21 (13)b |
426.77 ± 8.93 (17) |
nd |
nd |
436.58 ± 8.39 (20)a |
nd |
|
Fall |
487.10 ± 9.89 (14)b |
412.47 ± 6.54 (32) |
nd |
nd |
461.67 ± 6.67 (32)b |
436.02 ± 10.27 (14)b |
|
Female |
Winter |
447.68 ± 7.80 (24)a |
410.44 ± 13.91 (7) |
455.36 (1) |
495.49 ± 26.03 (2) |
435.45 ± 10.21 (13) |
434.33 ± 9.22 (16) |
Spring |
425.17 ± 6.36 (35)b |
436.45 ± 16.51 (5) |
454.18 ± 13.93 (7) |
488.45 ± 18.57 (4) |
428.86 ± 6.66 (32)a |
453.83 ± 8.24 (20) |
|
Summer |
450.51 ± 5.62 (44)a |
423.31 ± 10.30 (13) |
nd |
nd |
440.05 ± 8.67 (18) |
448.31 ± 21.45 (3) |
|
Fall |
436.43 ± 11.27 (11) |
415.25 ± 5.23 (53) |
nd |
nd |
451.65 ± 5.15 (51)b |
434.85 ± 9.99 (14) |
|