Table 4.
Gonad somatic index (×102) of BaP- or fadrozole treated adult fish.
Sex | Control | BaP 100 µg/L | Fadrozole 20 µg/L | Fadrozole 100 µg/L |
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Female | 4.13 ± 0.66 (13)a | 5.20 ± 1.05 (7) a | 5.64 ± 0.58 (3) a | 6.23 ± 1.97 (4) a |
Male | 1.83 ± 0.24 (9) b | 1.53 ± 0.13 (8) b | 2.56 ± 0.50 (4) bc | 3.53 ± 1.43 (3) c |
Ovary or testis weight divided by whole fish weight. Different letters within a sex are significantly different (ANOVA, p ≤ 0.05, Mean ± SEM (n)).