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. 2017 Apr 19;12(4):e0176038. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176038

Table 1. Size (mean ± SD) of round goby used in respirometry and for blood plasma osmolality experiments.

Length is total length, and Fulton’s condition factor (K) was calculated as K = 100×W×L-3 (where W is in g and L is total length in cm).

Treatment salinity (PSU)
0 10 15 20 25 30
Fish for respirometry
N 8 8 8 8 8 8
Length (mm) 152 ± 11 154 ± 11 154 ± 16 157 ± 11 149 ± 9 148 ± 11
Weight (g) 53 ± 12 53 ± 13 56 ± 17 54 ± 11 45 ± 8 45 ± 12
Fultons K 1.48 ± 0.1 1.42 ± 0.17 1.50 ± 0.11 1.38 ± 0.07 1.37 ± 0.15 1.37 ± 0.15
Fish for blood plasma osmolality
N 10 9 10 10 10 9
Length (mm) 160 ± 22 161 ± 11 163 ± 20 166 ± 16 162 ± 15 154 ± 12
Weight (g) 66 ± 26 60 ± 14 65 ± 20 60 ± 18 57 ± 17 53 ± 15
Fultons K 1.56 ± 0.11 1.41 ± 11 1.46 ± 0.10 1.29 ± 0.10 1.34 ± 0.12 1.42 ± 0.08