Table 25 • Concentration of free amino acids in the adductor muscle 

 of oysters Crassor.trca yitiac from a reference station in 

 the Rade de Brest and from oil-polluted stations in Aber 

 Benoit and Aber Wrac'h. n = 5 unless otherwise stated. 



April 1979 (thirteen months after spill) 



FAA Concentration 



(uM/g wet weight and standard deviation) 



Amino Acid Rade de Brest Aber Benoit Aber Wrac'h 



0.79 + 0.15 1.04 + 0.46 



0.24 + 0.07 0.33 + 0.10 



4.31 + 0.65 4.64 + 0.72 



64.39 + 6.19 65.58 + 3.87 



1.31 + 0.58 0.92 + 0.39 



3.59 + 0.92 2.76 + 0.46 



10.27 + 1.21 10.37 + 1.11 



20.76 + 9.29 6.76 + 5.28* 



25.62 + 20.46 26.09 + 4.38 



10.33 + 2.87 • 10.94 + 0.96 

 0.170 ++ 

 0.26 + 0.03 + 



0.21 + 0.05 + 0.11 + 0.06 + 



0.13 + 0.01 + 0.11 + 0.03 + 



0.26 + 0.02 + 0.21 + 0.06 + 

 0.134 ++ 



1.82 + 0.62 1.87 + 0.44 



143.60 129.86 



detected in one sample 



significantly different from reference at a = 0.05. 



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