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Table 25
• Concentration of free amino acids in the adductor muscle
of oysters Crassor.trca yitiac from a reference station in
the Rade de Brest and from oil-polluted stations in Aber
Benoit and Aber Wrac'h. n = 5 unless otherwise stated.
April 1979 (thirteen months after spill)
FAA Concentration
(uM/g wet weight and standard deviation)
Amino Acid Rade de Brest Aber Benoit Aber Wrac'h
LYS
0.79 + 0.15 1.04 + 0.46
0.24 + 0.07 0.33 + 0.10
4.31 + 0.65 4.64 + 0.72
64.39 + 6.19 65.58 + 3.87
1.31 + 0.58 0.92 + 0.39
3.59 + 0.92 2.76 + 0.46
10.27 + 1.21 10.37 + 1.11
20.76 + 9.29 6.76 + 5.28*
25.62 + 20.46 26.09 + 4.38
10.33 + 2.87 •
0.170 ++
0.26 + 0.03 +
0.21 + 0.05 +
0.13 + 0.01 +
0.26 + 0.02 +
0.134 ++
10.94
+ 0.96
0.11 + 0.06 +
0.11 + 0.03 +
0.21 + 0.06 +
1.82 + 0.62 1.87 + 0.44