Table 24. Concentrations of free amino acids in the adductor muscle of 



oysters Crassor.trea gigao from a reference station in the Rade 

 de Brest and from oil-polluted stations in Aber Benoit and Aber 

 Wrac'h. n = 5 unless stated otherwise. 



December 1978 (nine months after spill) 



FAA Concentration 

 (uM/g wet weight and standard deviation) 



1 'Aber Benoit 



1.02 + 0.16* 

 0.53 + 0.09* 

 6.68 + 0.29 

 68.70 + 7.99 

 0.78 + 0.06* 



3.93 + 0.52 



7.59 + 1.09 



40.82 + 9.97* 



30.56 + 7.82* 



13.50 + 2.90 



2.33 + 0.19 

 175.50 + 31.52 143.30 + 11.54 



-- , not detected 



' detected in two samples 

 ' detected in one sample 

 significantly different from reference at a = 0.05 



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