Table 2.

Coelomic fluid chemistry data and coelomocyte counts of Pisaster ochraceus showing clinical signs consistent with Sea Star Wasting Syndrome.

Analyte	Units	n	Mean	SD	Median	Range	90% CI*
Magnesium	mmol/L	41	46	7.5	48	16–54	43–53
Sodium	mmol/L	41	412	15.8	407	381–463	396–442
Potassium	mmol/L	41	8.8	1.9	8.2	7.8–19.1	8.0–9.0
Chloride	mmol/L	39	473	25.7	479	427–553	416–461
Calcium	mmol/L	41	8.7	1.0	8.9	4.2–10.3	7.4–13.7
Total Protein	g/L	38	21	69.6	20	<10–50	Range: <10–20
Coelomocytes	#/μl	55	6126	12393.1	900	0–60,750	Range: 0–180
Osmolality	mOsm/kgH2O	8	875	4.3	875	870–882	NA

CI, Confidence Interval for clinically normal sea stars*; NA, not available.

^*Wahltinez et al. (32).

^#Number of cells.