Table 2. Factors hypothesized to affect cadmium (Cd) in liver and muscle of totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi) sampled in the Gulf of California, Mexico.

Variable	Type	Description
Season	Categorical	Autumn
		Winter
		Spring
Sex/maturity stage	Categorical	MF; mature females
		MM; mature males
		IF; immature females
		IM; immature males
Length	Continuous	Length of the organism (g)
Cadmium in liver and muscle	Continuous	Metal concentration (µg⋅g−1)
Copper in liver and muscle	Continuous	Metal concentration (µg⋅g−1)
Zinc in liver and muscle	Continuous	Metal concentration (µg⋅g−1)
Iron in liver and muscle	Continuous	Metal concentration (µg⋅g−1)