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Table 5.

Tissue total mercury contents of juvenile olive flounder fed the experimental diets for 6 weeks (μg/g of wet matter basis).

Item¹	Muscle	Kidney	Liver
Individual treatment means
Hg₀E₀	0.08 ± 0.01	1.6 ± 0.7^c	1.2 ± 0.2^c
Hg₀E₁₀₀	0.07 ± 0.01	1.6 ± 0.4^c	1.6 ± 0.3^c
Hg₀E₂₀₀	0.08 ± 0.02	2.1 ± 1.4^c	1.7 ± 1.0^c
Hg₂₀E₀	0.4 ± 0.2	35.9 ± 11.9^a	35.1 ± 0.7^a
Hg₂₀E₁₀₀	0.3 ± 0.1	22.6 ± 0.6^b	18.7 ± 0.7^b
Hg₂₀E₂₀₀	0.2 ± 0.1	19.6 ± 6.3^b	22.1 ± 6.9^b
Means of main effect
Hg₀	0.1^b	1.8^b	1.5^b
Hg₂₀	0.3^a	25.6^a	25.2^a
E₀	0.3^a	18.2^a	18.1^a
E₁₀₀	0.2^ab	12.1^b	11.9^b
E₂₀₀	0.1^b	10.8^b	10.2^b
Two-way ANOVA: P-value
Hg effect	0.0002	0.0001	0.0001
Vitamin E effect	0.0527	0.0318	0.0059
Hg × Vitamin E	0.0618	0.0241	0.0458

^a,b,c Values are means ± SD from triplicate groups of fish (n = 3) where the values within a column without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05).

Hg₀E₀, Hg₀E₁₀₀ and Hg₀E₂₀₀ designate 0 mg/kg Hg with 0, 100 and 200 mg/kg vitamin E, respectively; Hg₂₀E₀, Hg₂₀E₁₀₀ and Hg₂₀E₂₀₀ designate 20 mg/kg Hg with 0, 100 and 200 mg/kg vitamin E, respectively.