TABLE Ix. THE AVERAGE WET WEIOHT, GONAD INDEX, DRY WEIGHT, WATER CONTENT AND THE PERCENTAGE O F BODY CONSTITUENTS
OF N. hedleyi DURING TEE DIFFERENT MONTHS OF THE YEAR ALONG WITH THE SALINITY OF THE AMBIENT WATER
Constituents
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
March April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Wet weight in grams .
Gonadindex
.
Dry weight in grams .
Water content .
Glycogen in dry weight
Protein in dry weight .
Total nitrogen in dry
weight .
Non-protein nitrogen in
dry weight
. .
Lipids in dry weight .
Chloride content in dry
weight (chloride as
sodium chloride) .
Ash in dry weight
.
Calcium in dry weight
Calcium as yo of ash .
Phosphorus in dry
Phosphorus as yo of ash
Sa1inityp.p.t.
. .
weight . . .
0.895
0.2 19
15.81
75.63
28.69
17.43
0.472
0.102
15.42
76.61
28.28
24.24
0.337
6.11
0.09
69.46
19.71
18.53
0.234
7.29
0.093
57.04
33.35
15.99
1.5
12.8
0.56
62.98
52.22
10.5
0.365
0.145
15.56
59.38
45.53
16.83
0.732
0.255
13.46
64.63
35.13
15.89
0.191
4.99
0.054
69.80
19.31
26.33
0.782
0.141
16.36
80.77
21-91
22.44
0.416
23.62
0.10
83.60
29.3
20.05
0.588
0.106
32.28
81.17
28.07
24.31
1.09
32-45
0-25
76.87
34.23
18-75
4.84
2.06
8.34
5.89
2.02
6.45
5.73
2.76
5.89
4.78
2.22
5.0
3.77
2.09
5.42
5.03
2.34
4.43
4.85
2.31
4.64
5.85
1.64
3.46
5.07
1.48
5.44
5.02
1.82
5.29
5.62
1.73
6-41
5.46
2.46
4.39
7.31
8.61
0.62
7.1
0.49
5.63
17.36
4.49
7.1
0.86
12.08
0.50
7.0
23.23
9.45
10.87
1.37
12.59
0.51
4.7
32.48
4.57
7.05
0.97
13.77
0.56
8.0
32.94
3.16
5.31
0.62
11.58
0.54
10.29
33.36
4.71
8.04
1.04
12.9
0.83
10.27
33.63
4.86
7.25
1.12
12.2
0.54
9.82
33.38
2.30
11.45
1.39
12.15
0.56
1268
25.71
0.39
4.68
1.02
21.74
0.69
14.67
2.77
0.39
6.71
1.51
22.48
0.77
11.52
0.65
0.37
5.44
1.09
19-99
0.67
12.33
2.34
1.01
5.05
0.49
9-79
0.71
13.97
3.32