A Comparative Study on the Quality of Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea) of Different Sizes Cultured in Different Cage Systems

Table 1

Morphological characteristics of Larimichthys crocea cultured in DWC or CC systems.

	W (g)	K (g/cm^3)	L/H	L1/H1	b
DWC-L	1,029 ± 89	1.31 ± 0.07^a	4.19 ± 0.13^b	4.47 ± 0.58^b	66.18 ± 2.44^d
DWC-M	576 ± 38	1.41 ± 0.09^a	4.04 ± 0.20^b	4.00 ± 0.28^ab	70.13 ± 4.69^d
DWC-S	307 ± 21	1.36 ± 0.10^a	4.11 ± 0.14^b	4.22 ± 0.21^ab	60.16 ± 6.86^c
CC-L	963 ± 23	1.92 ± 0.14^c	3.37 ± 0.16^a	3.76 ± 0.44^a	54.28 ± 6.08^bc
CC-M	529 ± 10	1.73 ± 0.14^b	3.52 ± 0.16^a	3.78 ± 0.19^a	49.66 ± 5.19^ab
CC-S	244 ± 12	1.70 ± 0.12^b	3.54 ± 0.19^a	4.19 ± 0.28^ab	44.59 ± 5.46^a

Note: All data were expressed as means ± standard deviations. Mean values within the same column with different superscripts are significantly different ().