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Table 2 Biometric measurements

From: Swimming exercise to control precocious maturation in male seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

 

RESTERS

SWIMMERS

N

9

10

BW(g)

83 ± 19

69 ± 16

SL (cm)

16.5 ± 1.11

15.4 ± 1.33

GW (g)

0.038 ± 0.028

0.031 ± 0.021

GSI (%)

0.003 ± 0.003

0.000 ± 0.000*

Hct

48 ± 5

48 ± 5

K

0.018 ± 0.000

0.018 ± 0.000

  1. Body weight (BW), standard length (SL), gonad weight (GW), gonado-somatic index (GSI), haematocrit (Hct), and Fulton’s condition factor (K) values from resting (RESTERS, N = 9) and swimming (SWIMMERS, N = 10) males at the last dissection (week 10). Values are averages ± SD. * = P < 0.05
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BMC Developmental Biology

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