Table 1.
Nominal developmental treatment (μM) at 6 hpf | n | Avg no. of eggs per tank per week ± SE | % survival at 24 hpf ± SE | % hatch at 48 hpf ± SE | % hatch at 72 hpf ± SE | % survival at 96 hpf ± SE | Sperm/g testes*106 ± SE |
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Young control | 6 | 491 ± 71.7* | 66.2 ± 5 | 48.3 ± 5.3* | 98.5 ± 1.4 | 62.8 ± 4.3 | 31.2 ± 3.1* |
Aged control | 6 | 73 ± 43 | 59.9 ± 6.6 | 18.3 ± 8.6 | 100 ± 0 | 56.4 ± 7.2 | 13.4 ± 1.5 |
0.08 THC | 6 | 360.4 ± 101.0# | 59.4 ± 4.7 | 39.9 ± 16.2 | 97.3 ± 1.9 | 53.2 ± 4.7 | 9.1 ± 1.5 |
0.4 THC | 6 | 220 ± 42.1 | 42.1 ± 10.4 | 45.7 ± 14.5 | 95.8 ± 3.6 | 36.8 ± 9.7 | 5.9 ± 4.7 |
2 THC | 6 | 92.8 ± 58.7 | 19.7 ± 3.8 | 22 ± 0.5 | 89.9 ± 7.6 | 16.1 ± 1.4# | N/A ± N/A |
*p ≤ 0.05 t test, aged control vs young control
#p ≤ 0.05 ANOVA, Dunnett’s post hoc vs aged control
F0: aged control = 30 months old, young control = 7 months old
n = number of breeding events (3 consecutive days of egg collection/week = 1 breeding event)