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Table 2 Growth of European sea bass juveniles at 332 days post hatch, classified according to treatment and sex

From: Lasting effects of early exposure to temperature on the gonadal transcriptome at the time of sex differentiation in the European sea bass, a fish with mixed genetic and environmental sex determination

  

Females

 

Males

Treatment

N

Length (cm)

Weight (g)

N

Length (cm)

Weight (g)

LT

40

12.45 ± 0.180a**

33.16 ± 1.560a**

26

11.66 ± 0.223a

27.22 ± 1.867a

HT

16

12.22 ± 0.171a

33.38 ± 3.044a

60

12.36 ± 0.171a

33.79 ± 1.544a

  1. Data as mean ± SEM
  2. LT low temperature, HT high temperature, N sample size
  3. The same superscript a indicates lack of significant (P > 0.05) differences between treatments. Asterisks indicate statistical differences (P < 0.01) between females and males within the same treatment group, i.e., sexual growth dimorphism