Integrated use of biomarkers to assess the impact of heavy metal pollution on Solea aegyptiaca fish in Lake Qarun

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 5 Growth parameters of Solea aegyptiaca during winter and summer seasons, 2019

Seasons	Sites	K	HSI
Winter	Western sector	0.60±0.06	1.43±0.36
	Northern sector	0.64±0.06	1.35±0.30
	Southern sector	0.79±0.10	0.92±0.20
	Eastern sector	0.77±0.12	0.81±0.22
	Mean	0.70±0.12	1.13±0.38
	Mean	B	B
Summer	Western sector	0.74±0.13	1.94±0.78
	Northern sector	0.73±0.11	1.55±0.41
	Southern sector	0.91±0.19	1.38±0.43
	Eastern sector	0.87±0.14	1.34±0.29
	Mean	0.81±0.16	1.55±0.56
	Mean	A	A
All over mean	Western sector	0.67±0.12	1.68±0.65
	Western sector	b	a
	Northern sector	0.68±0.10	1.45±0.37
	Northern sector	b	b
	Southern sector	0.85±0.16	1.15±0.41
	Southern sector	a	c
	Eastern sector	0.82±0.14	1.07±0.37
	Eastern sector	a	c

In each column, means values (mean ± SD, n = 20) with different letters have a statistically significant difference (P ≤ 0.05), while means having the same letter in the same column are not significantly different (P ≥ 0.05). The capital letters indicate the significance between seasons, and small letters indicate significance between sites