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. 2017 Mar 8;5:e3067. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3067

Table 2. Summary table of potential reproductive contribution results.

Timing and extent of mean monthly gonadosomatic index, spawning magnitude, and gamete output for US (40 ≤ TD < 50 mm) and CS (TD ≥ 50 mm) class, for spawning event and in relation with their natural density, and for the whole populations at high-pressure (Su Pallosu Bay) and low-pressure (Tavolara—Punta Coda Cavallo) zone.

High-pressure zone Low-pressure zone
Size class US CS US CS
Spawning period Start Mar ‘14 Mar ‘14 Jun ‘13 Feb ‘14 Jun ‘13 Feb ‘14
End May ‘14 May ‘14 Dec ‘13 May ‘14 Dec ‘13 Apr ‘14
Mean monthly GSI (%) Pre-spawning 4.4 6.6 5.2 4.0 6.7 5.4
Post-spawning 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.2 2.5 2.5
IGO (g g−1 se−1) 0.03 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.03
Spawning magnitude (%) 70.5 75.8 80.8 70.0 62.7 53.7
Natural density (ind m−2) 2.7 0.6 0.4 2.7
GO (g g−1 m−2 se−1) 0.08 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.11 0.08
TGO (g g−1 m−2 yr−1) 0.08 0.03 0.03 0.19
popTGO (g g−1 m−2 yr−1) 0.11 0.22
MGO (g g−1 m−2 yr−1) 0.08 0.03 0.01 0.10
popMGO (g g−1 m−2 yr−1) 0.11 0.11

Notes.

TITLE

IGO
Individual Gamete Output per spawning event
GO
Gamete Output per m2
TGO
Total Gamete Output per m2
popTGO
Total Gamete Output of the whole population per m2
MGO
Mean Gamete Output per m2
popMGO
Mean Gamete Output of the whole population per m2