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Table 19. Hemolymph glucose concentration in oysters Craoaostrea gigas
from reference stations and from oil-polluted Aber Benoit and
Aber Wrac'h. Values and standard deviations are in mg glucose/
100 ml hemolymph. n = 8 replicates.
Station Dec 1978(9) a
Sampl ing Date
April 1979(13) Aug 1979(17)
Reference 5.12+3.1 13.05+2.9 23.53+4.0
Aber Benoit 3.00+1.8 12.57+2.4 NS
Aber Wrac'h 4.80+2.6 11.25+3.8 23.87+2.8
NS, no sample analyzed
a '
months after the Amoco Cadiz oil spill, 16 March 1978.
Table 20. Serum glucose concentration
from reference stations and
in plaice Pleuronectec platesaa
from oil-polluted Aber Benoit
and Aber Wrac'h. n = 10 replicates. Values and standard
deviations are in mg glucose/100 ml serum.
Station Dec 1978(9) a
Sampling Date
Apr 1979(13) Aug 1979(17) Feb 1930(23) Jun 1980(27)
Reference 158.1+11.6 149.6+23.5 160.4+36.9 27.1+19.2 37.2+12.8
Aber Benoit 118.3+32.9 57.0+32.9* 93.7+27.3* 85.9+33.2*147.3+46.0*
Aber Wrac'h NS 125.6+19.5 168.4+31.3 135.0+28.7*135.0+55.4*
significantly different from reference at a = 0.05
NS, no sample analyzed
a '
months after the Amoco Cadiz oil spill, 16 March 1978.
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