Table 4.

Sperm characteristics of smallmouth bass M. dolomieu spring 2006

Site	n	Count (1 × 107)	% Mature	% Total motility	% Progressive motility
Gauley	10	10.01 (9.00)a	63.54 (17.33)	86.48 (6.91)a	27.07 (15.88)a
Petersburg South Branch	9	5.32 (4.04)b	60.32 (15.69)	28.97 (38.96)b	6.63 (6.31)b
Moorefield South Branch	9	7.86 (6.40)a,b	51.34 (15.07)	16.81 (15.35)b	13.07 (11.32)b
Springfield South Branch	10	3.74 (3.86)b	59.33 (10.87)	17.47 (15.46)b	12.48 (10.75)b

Data presented as means (standard deviation). Values within a column denoted with the same letter are not significantly different. If no statistical differences were identified among sites for a given parameter, annotation was omitted to facilitate readability. The threshold for statistical significance was p ≤ 0.05