Table 2 Mean and standard deviations of morphometric data for Lingcod larvae samples from year 2020, year 2050, and year 2100 treatments.

From: Multistressor global change drivers reduce hatch and viability of Lingcod embryos, a benthic egg layer in the California Current System

 

2020 (n = 295)

2050 (n = 282)

2100 (n = 17)

Total length

7.34 ± 0.77 mma

6.97 ± 0.97 mmb

6.10 ± 1.16 mmb

Preanal length

3.76 ± 0.36 mma

3.63 ± 0.55 mmb

3.23 ± 1.17 mmb

Postanal length

3.65 ± 0.54 mma

3.53 ± 0.72 mmab

3.01 ± 0.74 mmb

Head length

4.87 ± 2.94 mma

4.00 ± 2.90 mma

1.62 ± 0.59 mma

Snout length

0.28 ± 0.34 mma

0.29 ± 0.08 mma

0.25 ± 0.09 mma

Head depth

1.50 ± 4.35 mma

1.24 ± 0.16 mma

1.14 ± 0.17 mma

Body depth

0.79 ± 0.11 mma

0.71 ± 0.12 mmb

0.67 ± 0.14 mmb

Eye diameter

0.67 ± 0.06 mma

0.64 ± 0.08 mmb

0.58 ± 0.12 mmc

Yolk area

1.54 ± 0.32mm2a

1.58 ± 0.35mm2a

0.59 ± 0.81mm2b

Oil globule area

0.11 ± 0.30mm2a

0.07 ± 0.08mm2a

0.09 ± 0.05mm2a

  1. Count (n =) represents the number of larvae measured using ImageJ for each treatment, not the total hatch number. Treatments with different letters for each response variable were significantly different (nested mixed model ANOVAs; p < 0.01).