Table 2.

Growth equation parameters for juvenile Chelonia mydas as determined by least squares linear regression.

y	x	Intercept	slope	Adjusted R2	F	p
Body Mass
SGRbm	Ln[RNA]liver	8.040	−1.132	0.629	45.011	< 0.0001
SGRbm	Ln[RNA]heart	−2.133	0.955	0.161	5.990	0.022
SGRbm	[RNA]blood	0.196	0.010	0.109	4.197	0.051
SGRbm	Ln[DNA]liver	8.574	−1.276	0.306	12.482	0.002
SGRbm	Ln[DNA]heart	6.808	−0.967	0.089	3.536	0.072
SGRbm	Ln[DNA]blood	12.305	−1.828	0.298	12.016	0.002
SGRbm	Ln(R:D)liver	1.610	−1.046	0.294	11.821	0.002
SGRbm	Ln(R:D)heart	3.054	0.852	0.253	9.804	0.004
SGRbm	Ln(R:D)blood	2.720	1.061	0.277	10.937	0.003
SGRbm	[Protein]liver	2.878	−7.203	0.196	7.353	0.012
SGRbm	Ln(P:D)liver	1.511	0.470	0.003	1.083	0.308
SGRbm	Ln(R:P)liver	1.934	−0.987	0.366	15.993	< 0.001
SGRbm	CI	−3.940	38.475	0.379	16.897	< 0.001
Carapace Length
SGRcl	Ln[RNA]liver	2.549	−0.353	0.659	51.159	< 0.0001
SGRcl	Ln[RNA]heart	−0.368	0.229	0.084	3.382	0.078
SGRcl	[RNA]blood	0.171	0.003	0.065	2.811	0.106
SGRcl	Ln[DNA]liver	2.610	−0.379	0.289	11.554	0.002
SGRcl	Ln[DNA]heart	1.984	−0.269	0.067	2.882	0.102
SGRcl	Ln[DNA]blood	3.486	−0.504	0.236	9.052	0.006
SGRcl	Ln(R:D)liver	0.550	−0.339	0.337	14.228	0.001
SGRcl	Ln(R:D)heart	0.899	0.217	0.164	6.107	0.021
SGRcl	Ln(R:D)blood	0.846	0.294	0.222	8.426	0.008
SGRcl	[Protein]liver	0.802	−1.584	0.083	3.357	0.079
SGRcl	Ln(P:Dliver)	0.535	0.203	0.047	2.283	0.143
SGRcl	Ln(R:Pliver)	0.669	−0.343	0.490	25.954	< 0.0001
SGRcl	CI	−0.903	9.951	0.262	10.245	0.004

Notes: Specific growth rate (SGR) for body mass (bm) or carapace length (cl) was regressed independently against each index (n = 27 for each variable). Significant p-values are indicated in bold. Abbreviations are the same as in Table 1.