Table 5. Statistics of growth-related traits in the large and small subpopulations.
Growth traits | Large subpopulation | Small subpopulation | P-value |
Shell height (mm) | 33.95±3.33 | 17.02±1.66 | 0.0000 |
Shell length (mm) | 37.55±3.13 | 20.51±1.48 | 0.0000 |
Shell width (mm) | 11.22±1.26 | 5.80±0.64 | 0.0000 |
Hinge length (mm) | 34.23±2.96 | 18.36±1.14 | 0.0000 |
Total weight (g) | 4.39±1.12 | 0.69±0.17 | 0.0000 |
Soft tissue weight (g) | 1.36±0.47 | 0.15±0.06 | 0.0000 |
Shell weight (g) | 2.15±0.52 | 0.37±0.09 | 0.0000 |
Estimates are given as mean±standard deviation. P-values were statistically significant at the 0.05 level.