Scientifica / 2016 / Article / Tab 4 / Research Article
Is Sexual Size Dimorphism Inherent in the Scallop Patinopecten yessoensis ? Table 4 Patinopecten yessoensis . Wet weight and size parameters of the same aged males and females from the population inhabiting Zapadnaya Bay of Furugalm Island.
indicates significant differences between parameters at a level
(
-test). — indicates that data were not compared. Bold marks higher values.
is sample size.
Parameters, g Males Females 3-year-olds Total weight 201.5 ± 8.5 187.4 ± 8.7 0.1653 Adductor muscle weight 37.5 ± 1.4 34.6 ± 1.9 0.1701 Shell weight 94.3 ± 2.1 89.0 ± 2.5 0.0654 Remains of soft tissues without gonads 34.4 ± 2.1 32.4 ± 2.7 0.0819 Shell height 121.3 ± 3.0 119.0 ± 3.5 0.4697 Shell length 123.0 ± 2.9 122.8 ± 3.4 0.7046 Shell width 17.9 ± 0.6 17.4 ± 0.6 0.1831 4-year-olds Total weight 286.6 ± 8.8 0.0373 Adductor muscle weight 55.2 ± 2.8 55.7 ± 3.1 0.4232 Shell weight 140.1 ± 3.1 0.0412 Remains of soft tissues without gonads 50.5 ± 4.3 47.5 ± 2.2 0.0689 Shell height 139.5 ± 5.2 136.1 ± 3.5 0.3858 Shell length 143.5 ± 5.4 142.7 ± 3.6 0.7626 Shell width 23.4 ± 1.5 23.0 ± 1.0 0.1591 5-year-olds Total weight 350.4 ± 11.7 0.0393 Adductor muscle weight 61.5 ± 2.4 58.1 ± 1.6 0.0822 Shell weight 158.8 ± 8.4 0.0311 Remains of soft tissues without gonads 68.8 ± 2.2 65.1 ± 3.1 0.1621 Shell height 150.8 ± 3.8 148.3 ± 4.1 0.6837 Shell length 156.2 ± 4.0 155.3 ± 4.5 0.5645 Shell width 29.2 ± 0.8 27.0 ± 1.1 0.0582 6-year-olds Total weight 404.2 ± 18.1 366.0 ± 16.5 — Adductor muscle weight 64.7 ± 2.2 63.6 ± 2.4 — Shell weight 196.3 ± 6.9 162.1 ± 6.0 — Remains of soft tissues without gonads 73.3 ± 4.3 69.6 ± 3.0 — Shell height 158.0 ± 3.9 155.7 ± 4.0 — Shell length 161.0 ± 3.6 157.3 ± 4.0 — Shell width 32.3 ± 0.8 31.3 ± 1.3 — 7-year-olds Total weight 433.8 ± 12.5 0.0235 Adductor muscle weight 70.3 ± 2.9 66.4 ± 1.7 0.0498 Shell weight 191.8 ± 6.0 0.0293 Remains of soft tissues without gonads 73.3 ± 3.8 71.5 ± 4.0 0.1049 Shell height 161.3 ± 4.0 160.0 ± 3.6 0.4896 Shell length 165.3 ± 3.9 165.7 ± 2.9 0.7162 Shell width 30.3 ± 0.9 29.3 ± 1.1 0.0609
