TABLE 3.

Mean ± SD (n = 9) of weight (kg), length (cm), pectoral, pelvic, anal, caudal, and dorsal fins (scored 0–3) in control (C), wound (W), and wound + stress (WS) during an 8-week experimental timespan (tertiary stress responses).

	Group	Pre-stress	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8
		M ± SD	M ± SD	M ± SD	M ± SD	M ± SD	M ± SD	M ± SD	M ± SD	M ± SD
Weight (kg)	C	1.01 ± 0.27	0.96 ± 0.26	0.98 ± 0.28	1.20 ± 0.33	1.10 ± 0.22	1.20 ± 0.17	1.32 ± 0.31*	1.54 ± 0.22*	1.67 ± 0.43*a
	W		0.97 ± 0.25	1.07 ± 0.30	1.09 ± 0.31	1.07 ± 0.11	1.25 ± 0.32	1.32 ± 0.30*	1.42 ± 0.23*	1.24 ± 0.27b
	WS		1.16 ± 0.31	0.87 ± 0.21	1.14 ± 0.22	1.15 ± 0.26	1.25 ± 0.39	1.31 ± 0.23	1.38 ± 0.28*	1.43 ± 0.32*ab
Length (cm)	C	43.14 ± 3.33	42.62 ± 3.22	42.67 ± 3.09	43.07 ± 3.48	43.00 ± 2.57	43.72 ± 2.22	44.70 ± 3.61	46.84 ± 1.86*	47.67 ± 3.93*a
	W		42.21 ± 2.88	42.16 ± 3.59	42.34 ± 3.68	43.52 ± 1.54	44.21 ± 3.78	44.38 ± 2.70	45.73 ± 2.14	43.63 ± 2.87b
	WS		44.12 ± 3.90	40.63 ± 2.91	43.74 ± 2.49	43.82 ± 2.44	44.29 ± 3.92	44.79 ± 2.46	45.60 ± 3.27	46.11 ± 3.14ab
Pectoral fin	C	0.67 ± 0.71	0.33 ± 0.71	1.11 ± 0.60	0.67 ± 0.71a	0.67 ± 0.50a	0.33 ± 0.50a	0.56 ± 0.73a	0.33 ± 0.71a	0.11 ± 0.33a
	W		1.00 ± 0.71	1.56 ± 0.88	0.56 ± 0.53a	0.33 ± 0.71a	0.22 ± 0.44a	0.22 ± 0.44a	0.22 ± 0.44a	0.56 ± 0.53a
	WS		1.00 ± 0.87	1.56 ± 0.73	1.89 ± 0.78*b	1.67 ± 0.87*b	1.78 ± 0.44*b	2.00 ± 0.71*b	2.00 ± 0.50*b	1.78 ± 0.83*b
Pelvic fin	C	0.89 ± 0.60	0.56 ± 0.73	0.67 ± 1.00	0.56 ± 0.53ab	0.22 ± 0.44*ab	0.11 ± 0.33*a	0.44 ± 0.73a	0.56 ± 0.88	0.22 ± 0.44*a
	W		0.44 ± 0.53	0.89 ± 0.78	0.22 ± 0.44*a	0.00 ± 0.00*a	0.00 ± 0.00*a	0.44 ± 0.53a	0.44 ± 0.53	0.33 ± 0.50a
	WS		0.67 ± 0.50	1.22 ± 0.67	1.00 ± 0.00b	0.78 ± 0.44b	0.89 ± 0.60b	1.22 ± 0.44b	0.78 ± 0.44	1.11 ± 0.60b
Anal fin	C	0.67 ± 0.50	0.33 ± 0.50a	1.00 ± 1.00	0.67 ± 0.50a	0.89 ± 0.60	0.78 ± 0.44a	0.67 ± 0.50a	0.67 ± 0.50a	0.67 ± 0.50a
	W		0.78 ± 0.67ab	0.67 ± 0.50	0.89 ± 0.60ab	1.00 ± 0.71	1.00 ± 0.87a	0.78 ± 0.44a	0.67 ± 0.50a	0.89 ± 0.78a
	WS		1.11 ± 0.78b	1.22 ± 0.67	1.56 ± 0.53*b	1.44 ± 0.53*	1.89 ± 0.78*b	1.67 ± 0.71*b	2.11 ± 0.60*b	1.67 ± 0.71*b
Caudal fin	C	1.44 ± 0.88	1.00 ± 0.87a	2.00 ± 1.00	1.78 ± 0.67	1.33 ± 0.71	1.44 ± 0.73	1.00 ± 0.87a	1.11 ± 0.60	1.00 ± 0.50a
	W		1.67 ± 0.50ab	2.22 ± 0.44	2.33 ± 0.87*	1.56 ± 0.53	1.78 ± 0.67	1.56 ± 0.53ab	1.78 ± 0.67	2.22 ± 0.67b
	WS		2.00 ± 0.71b	2.22 ± 0.83	2.22 ± 0.67	1.89 ± 0.78	1.89 ± 0.60	2.11 ± 0.33b	1.78 ± 0.44	1.67 ± 0.71ab
Dorsal fin	C	0.78 ± 0.44	0.22 ± 0.44a	0.33 ± 0.71	0.33 ± 0.50	0.56 ± 0.88	0.33 ± 0.50	0.33 ± 0.50	0.11 ± 0.33*a	0.11 ± 0.33*
	W		0.56 ± 0.73ab	0.33 ± 0.71	0.67 ± 0.50	0.11 ± 0.33*	0.33 ± 0.50	0.33 ± 0.50	0.11 ± 0.33*a	0.56 ± 0.73
	WS		0.89 ± 1.05b	0.44 ± 0.53	0.56 ± 0.53	0.56 ± 0.53	0.89 ± 0.60	0.78 ± 0.44	0.89 ± 0.78b	0.67 ± 0.71

C = Control, W = Wound, WS = Wound and Stress. Values represent means ± SD, n = 9 per treatment/week. Means in a column (week) within the same measurement that have differing superscript letters a-b indicate significant differences (p < 0.05). Asterisks* show a significant difference compared to the Pre-stress group (p < 0.05).